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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 14, 2015 Page 12 Councihnember Laliberte reported that she had some comparison infonnation to share as well. At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon cautioned delaying action without a compelling reason to do so would severely impact the crucial path in al- lowing staff time for inputting the data into the HRIS system for renewals begin- ning November 1 St and wrapping up by the third weelc in November. Mayor Roe asked if changing the City's contribution impacted the quotes already received or allotment between the city and/or einployees if the program were changed at this point, or if such an action could require the City to go bacic out for revised quotes. Ms. Baeon responded that it won't impact premiums and programs, but would impact contract negotiations if negotiating different patterns of payments, result- ing in the unions seeking additional concessions accordingly. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she didn't have her comparison infor- mation available at tonight's meeting; and while understanding the impact on con- tract negotiation, reiterated her often raised concern in how the City currently co- vers single versus other tiers of coverage options. At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmember Laliberte specifically addressed concerns in how the City pays 100% of single coverage, which she was not seeing used in other private, public and non-profit sectors, with everyone contributing some portion of their premium versus single coverage being made whole by the City and outside of the deductible options an employee could choose. Coun- cilmember Laliberte reiterated that her basic concern was in the City covering 100% of just that coverage option. Councilmember Laliberte noted one other question she had was regarding the higher claims the City was currently realizing, and while understanding the cost of catastrophic claims and long-term care, suggested the City look into more screening requirements as part of their wellness program that could be done at ap- propriate times in an employee's life that could help avoid such catastrophic claims. Mayor Roe suggested that may be something for the employee wellness and bene- fit committee to look at. City Manager Trudgeon noted this could be part of a broader discussion, and of- fered to share information with the City Council in addition to that from Coun- cilmember Laliberte. Based on staff's research, Mr. Trudgeon reported that most comparisons they'd performed indicated 100% single coverage, but expressed