TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Kevin Sing, Director of Finance
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Approval of Retiree Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits Options
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BACKGROUND:
The City renewed group medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits for its active employees on September 16, 2025. This agenda item is to provide coverage options for the City’s approximately 745 retirees.
The plan design that must be offered to retirees was set by their respective collective bargaining agreement for union retirees and City ordinance for non-union retirees. The current plan that is required is the $250 deductible grandfathered PPO plan. In 2025, the City began offering retirees a choice of plan design. This agenda item will set the retiree plan offerings for 2026. The only change for 2026 is the ability for retirees to purchase vision insurance with the $500 deductible plan. Retirees will be charged the full premium, resulting in no additional cost to the City.
The Finance Committee will review this item on October 21, 2025.
CONCLUSION:
Retirees that select the $500 PPO plan will be able to purchase the same Eye Med vision insurance offered to active employees. The benefit levels for Health and Dental will remain the same for 2026.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Based on the above, it is recommended that the Mayor and City Council approve the Retiree Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits’ options as outlined above.
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