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eonOnittEE E12,O'Lt O f ti2E .. !1! -1!J__� ! /1..!�.� • L_ •_ _i 11.% • Liz.* -�_✓- The September 8, 2004, 2004 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Derek D. Dieter at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members White, Varner, Kelly, Kirsits, Kuspa, Dieter and Puzzello Mayor Stephen J. Luecke,City Controller Frederick B. 011ett III,Director of Budgeting & Financial Reporting Tom Skarbek, City Clerk John. Voorde, Human Resources Director Janice Hall, Director of City Finance Liz Rowell, Benefits Manager Susan Wallace, Safety & Risk Manager Keegan Rauen, Human Rights Director Lonnie Douglas, Information Technologies Director Bob Allen and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand,Council Attorney. City Clerk Fund#101-0201 2005 Proposed$302,973 -2.642 %Decrease City Clerk John Voorde made the presentation. He noted that the proposed budget is similar to last year's with minor decreases to the budget overall. It incorporates the mandated increases to PERF which will increase from 4% to 4.25% in 2005. An increase in legal advertising is proposed to attempt to meet the increasing costs in this area. Department of Administration and Finance Fund#101-0401 $1,587,918 Internal Service Fund(Self-Funded Employee Benefits) Fund#711 2005 Proposed$11,583,109 0%Increase City Controller Frederick B. 011ett III and his staff and representatives of Gibson Insurance then provided a powerpoint presentation to the Committee. A ten-page handout entitled"Administration&Finance Budget 2005" was then reviewed with the Committee (copy attached) which focused on the primary responsibilities of the department, namely: Benefits Management, City Finance/Budget & Reporting, Information Technology and Human Resources. An 8-page handout entitled "City of South Bend - 2004 Group Health Plan Utilization"was then the focus of the presentation(copy attached). Mr. 011ett noted that the city had experienced three (3)back to back years of large claims which totaled approximately $ 3.5 million. In response to a question from Council Member Puzzello, it was noted that there are 1,209 city employees on the insurance plan, and 131 employees who are not. Benefits Manager Susan Wallace noted that they are continuing to look at plan changes. City Clerk John Voorde inquired whether the city had ever looked into joining forces with the county for purposes of insurance coverage. It was noted that they had not and that the city has a plan design which maximizes significant discounts and that adding additional persons to that would not necessarily result in lower premiums or discounts. Personnel and Finance Committee Meeting of September 8, 2004 Page 1