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BK -00028 PG:0198 The Board considered renewal of health insurance for county employees for the upcoming year. Human Resource Director Joyce McGehee asked the Board to approve a renewal application and contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield for County health insurance. Ms. McGehee recommended the County continue coverage with BCBS of North Carolina. It was also noted the monthly health care premium be reduced 5%. The PPO Plan is a basic co -pay plan of $20 for primary care office visits and pharmacy co -pays of $4, $40, and $55. The new monthly deduction for an employee will be $78.91. It is proposed that employees who participate in the county's wellness screenings continue to receive a monthly discount of $25 on the employee premium. The current HSA Plan will remain the same with a $1,000 contribution by the County for those employees who participated in the County's wellness screenings. Non -participants will receive a $700 contribution to their account. The contribution is made to the HSA Plan to help defray costs because the HSA Plan does not have co -pays for office visits and pharmacy. Employees are responsible for 100% of charges up to $1,500 before BCBS pays anything. The employees' contribution will remain at $0. Commissioner Oldham moved to authorize the Chair to sign the Application and Contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield for Health Insurance effective August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2017 as presented. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board discussed Board of Adjustment hours spent on the recent Little River Special Use hearing. County Manager John Crumpton stated Board of Adjustment members are currently paid $25.00 for each meeting. They spent a total of 30 hours during the above referenced hearings which consisted of 6 meetings. One meeting lasted 9 '/2 hours and others went from 1 '/ hours to 7 hours. Some Commissioners were questioning if the Board of Adjustment could be compensated with additional pay. County Attorney Neil Yarborough stated this hearing was a very unusual hearing with many varying co matters. The hearing had to start over when the first application was withdrawn. Mr. Yarborough further stated that once a rate for compensation was set you couldn't "tip" them for their service but the Board might want to revise their rate of pay or set a meeting time at a certain number of hours. It was agreed that this matter would be discussed at the upcoming budget work session for a possible pay increase for Board of Adjustment members. After further discussion, Commissioner Reives moved to send letters of appreciation to Board of Adjustment members and staff and for them to pursue any available training opportunities available through the School of Government. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered Budget Amendment # 04/18/16/17 for the following departments: Senior Services — appropriate $3,500 in additional SHIIP Grant funding, and State Services -Juvenile Probation Rent — moving balance of FY 2015-16 rent allocation of $8,015 to cover a portion of the Makepeace Building maintenance. Commissioner Frazier moved to approve Budget Amendment # 04/18/16/17 as presented, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None