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funding for guardianship services. Sandhills Center is also working with public health to provide a clinician. There are 244 providers providing services to Lee County residents. On December 1St, Rockingham and Davidson Counties joined the Sandhills Center consortium. All funding issues have been resolved. Medicaid Transformation will implement standard plans that will take care of some mental health services as of July 1st. For the people that Sandhills Center manages behavior health care for, they will also be managing the physical care. Lee County has an active CIT program, which is a 40-hour course for law enforcement and first responders. Jerry Earnhardt, Eastern Director of Daymark, was present to provide information regarding Daymark services. The Sandhills Center will be hosting a breakfast that will take place on April 29th at Cafe 121 beginning at 8:30. The focus of the breakfast is to educate about facility-based crisis. No action was taken. Request_to_Appear_Before_the_Board_of Commissioners_1O31 FuveSIPf4J.pdf Lee.pdf Lee County Dashboard.pdf 2022 January Quarterly Report.pdf 2021 Annual Report.pdf VI.B E-1 Employee Benefit — Changes to Personnel Policy At the Board of Commissioners Retreat in January, the discussion of the County's health insurance plan and pending increase in premiums was a concern for the Board and staff. After the meeting, the Human Resources Director was asked to compare County benefits with the costs of neighboring counties. One issue that came up was that Lee County was one of a few local governments no longer providing retiree health insurance to new hires. This benefit was eliminated in March of 2010 as part of a cost reduction plan for the County. Today, not offering the retiree benefit is one reason employees mention when leaving Lee County to work for another jurisdiction. Staff recommended a plan modification that will allow employees hired after March 2010 to receive health insurance benefits at retirement. The recommendation includes an increase in the number of years the employee must work for Lee County and an age requirement that increases the number of years an employee must participate in the Local Government Retirement System. The new policy is intended to increase the number of employees who become invested in Lee County and want to stay longer. The other change is to the health insurance coverage for Commissioners. The change is proposed for Commissioners to allow a way for Commissioners to transition out of the health insurance plan and essentially have a retiree benefit for a short period of time. This plan is the same plan that is currently offered to the City of Sanford Mayor and Council Members. Commission Knecht indicated that the only opposition he had to the proposed changes is to extending the Commission health insurance option beyond one year. E 1 Employee Benefits.revised 4-04-2022.doc Motion: Motion to approve change to Personnel Policy E-1 Benefits to make changes to retiree health insurance to employees hired after March 1, 2010 and a change to Personnel Policy E-1 Benefits to add eligibility for County Commissioners to continue health insurance after Commissioners leave office. Mover: Robert Reives For: 5 — Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick Against: 1 — Dr. Andre Knecht Absent: 1 — Arianna Lavallee 4