HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2019.07.18 - 32099MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #19239 July 18, 2019
BY: Commissioner Nancy Quarles, Chairperson, Legislative Affairs and Government Operations
Committee
IN RE: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT — IMPROVEMENTS TO DENTAL BENEFIT COVERAGE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County has an IRS Section 125 Cafeteria Plan for employee benefits; and
WHEREAS the Cafeteria Plan is administered by the County Executive/Human Resources Department;
and
WHEREAS employees are currently provided with the following three options for dental coverage and an
annual maximum coverage amount per enrollee:
• Modified — no cost to the employee; with annual maximum coverage amount $750
• Standard — no cost to the employee; with annual maximum coverage amount $1,000
• High - nominal bi-weekly charge; with annual maximum coverage amount $1,250; and
WHEREAS it has been over ten years since there have been any changes to the dental coverage; and
WHEREAS to maintain a robust benefit offering to our 3,400+ employees eligible for benefits, in addition to
enticing new hires, the County Executive recommends increasing the annual maximum coverage for the
high dental coverage from $1,250 to $1,500, with no additional cost to employees electing this level of
coverage; and
WHEREAS the County Executive is also recommending the following enhancements that would be applied
to the Modified, Standard and High coverage plans:
• brush biopsies - efficient test for oral cancer
• composite fillings (white) — since silver fillings are no longer used by most dentists
• dental sealants for children up to 14 years in age as an effective measure to prevent cavities; and
WHEREAS the annual estimated cost for all these enhancements is $149,200 annually; and
WHEREAS funding for these dental benefit coverage enhancements is available in the Fringe Benefit Fund.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the annual maximum coverage for High dental coverage be
increased to $1,500 effective 1/1/2020 for all employees that are eligible for this option.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that coverage for brush biopsies, sealants and composite fillings be added
to Modified, Standard and High dental coverage effective 1/1/2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the FY 2020 -- FY 2022 Fringe Benefit Fund budget is amended as follows:
FRINGE BENEFIT FUND #67800
Expenses
9011501-183190-730513
9011501-183190-796500
Total Expenses
Dental Insurance
Budgeted Equity Adjustments
FY 2020
$111,900
(111,900)
$ 0
FY2021 FY 2022
$149,200 $149,200
049,200} (149,200)
$ 0 $ 0
Chairperson, on behalf of the Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Cmis y Quarles, District # 17
Chairper-. , Legislative Affairs and Government
Operations Committee
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent.
Resolution #19239 July 18, 2019
Moved by Luebs seconded by Hoffman the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Gingen, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham,
McGillivray, iVliddleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Gershenson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
GERALD D, POISSON
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 46.559A(7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 18, 2019,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 18th day of July, 2019.
Lise Browri, Oakland County