[1. Meeting Opening] [00:00:08] ORDER, PLEASE RISE TO THE FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 2.01 PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHICH THERE ARE NONE [3. Action] TONIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS AND -- WILL COME TO THE PODIUM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE WENT OVER IN DETAIL WITH THE PARTNERSHIP AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE COLLECTING AGREEMENT IS READY FOR RATIFICATION FROM YOU TONIGHT. >> ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> THAT MEANS IT IT IS ALREADY PAST WITH THE -- ALREADY PASSED TO THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CORRECT? >> CORRECT, IT WAS RATIFIED. >> WAS THAT A SIMPLE YES OR NO, DO WE GET ANY IDEA OF THE PERCENTAGES OR WAS THAT GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED? >> 96% OF TEACHERS VOTED YES. >> FANTASTIC. THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME PERSPECTIVE FROM ME AS ONE BOARD MEMBER OF SEVEN. AS THE VANTAGE POINT THAT I HAVE IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE. THE LAST BOARD MEETING WITH MANY OTHERS PREVIOUSLY SAYS IT ALL. THE CLEAR LIES, BULLYING, FEAR MONGERING, MANIPULATION, DISTRACTION AND GAS LETTER, DOWNRIGHT EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. MULTIPLE TIMES, AT LEAST NINE, WITH PROBABLY GIVEN BUDGET OVERSIGHT WITH DEPTH AND EXPLANATION AND BUDGET HEARINGS. THAT WE, THE BOARD, AS WE HAVE RECEIVED IT. BULLYING THE BOARD, AND THING THAT WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT TEACHERS. THE MANIPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE FILED BY TEACHERS , BANGING ON THE WALLS WHILE SPEAKING AT BOARD MEETINGS, IS THIS ACCEPTABLE INTO OUR CLASSROOMS? ARE WE ALLOWING THIS IN OUR CLASSROOM WHILE WE ARE PRACTICING THIS OURSELVES? PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND THIS ROOM AT WILD ANIMALS WHICH ARE ON-SITE POLICE OFFICER HAD TO ADDRESS. BEING SO DISRESPECTFUL TO THE POINT WHERE I AM PERSONALLY ASKING TO HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND ADDRESSED IN THE SAME SITTING THAT I HAVE TO ASK FOR QUIET AND PROFESSIONALISM FOR EVERYONE TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE PRIORITY OF WHY EVERYONE WAS HERE SPEAKING. MYSELF AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I'M STILL RECEIVING QUESTIONS FROM STAFF THAT SAY THAT THE UPDATES THAT THEY ARE GETTING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF THIS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS IS CONTRADICT AND LEAD WITH EMOTION. I HAVE TO SEE HERE AND WONDER AS A BOARD MEMBER SEEING WHAT IS DISPLAYED , WHAT STAFF THAT IS IN OUR ROOM AND IF YOU, OR WHOEVER WAS IN THIS ROOM THINK THAT THAT IS EXCEPT THE BULL, HOW CAN I TRUST THAT YOU ARE LEADING OUR STUDENTS WITH CORRECT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTEGRITY AND HAVING CIVIL DISCOURSE, IF WE CANNOT HAVE THAT IN THIS ROOM IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING. I WANT TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON WHERE MY VOTE WILL BE TONIGHT, I ALSO AM SHARING THAT -- I THINK PERSONALLY IT IS UNETHICAL AT THE SAME TIME TO BE IN THE MIDDLE BARGAINING -- WHILE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS BEING FILED AGAINST THE GAS LIGHTING THAT IS HAPPENING. AND AT THE SAME TIME, FUNDING DOLLARS FROM IMPACT FROM THE TEACHERS UNION TO HELP CAMPAIGN MEMBERS. IN THE ELECTION FOR THE SCHOOL OF TRUSTEE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SIT HERE AND TELL ME THAT WE DON'T VALUE TEACHERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS PROCESS RIGHT STAND THROUGH ALL THIS. THANK YOU. >> I ONLY GET TWO MORE MEETINGS TO SAY THIS, THIS IS ALMOST MY LAST MEETING SO I WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT WHILE I STILL HAVE IT. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH COLLECTIVE ASPECT NO, THE THIRD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT I WILL HAVE VOTED FOR AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND EACH YEAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN HOW WE HAVE APPROACHED THIS AS A DISTRICT, AS A BOARD, OUR WORK WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND THIS PROCESS. I KNOW FROM ALL VANTAGE POINTS THAT THE LAST NINE MONTHS HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR ANYONE. I WANT TO COMMEND [00:05:02] OUR TEACHERS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE ON OUR BARGAINING TEAM FOR THE ASSOCIATION. AND ARE STREETERS WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAYS, ARE TEACHERS WHO TOOK TIME FROM THE CLASSROOMS TO REPRESENT THE OTHER TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE REPRESENTED FAIRLY IN THE ROOM. AND WERE ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING ASIDE AT THOSE TIMES TO REALLY GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AND DO WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD AS A DISTRICT TO COME TO THIS CONTRACT TO GATHER AS A DISTRICT AND AS TEACHERS. SO, I KNOW NONE OF THAT WAS EASY AND TO ME, THAT DOES SHOW THE PROFESSIONALISM INTO THE ROOM THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT AWAY AND YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER IN A ROOM AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND BY THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS THE DEADLINE REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT BOTH FROM THE BARGAINING TEAM AND ARE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THAT YOU WERE ALL ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER AND THAT IS WHAT WE TRY TO TEACH OUR KIDS EVERY DAY AND THAT SHOWS THAT YOU GUYS ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS THAT EVERY DAY , HOW SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE DISAGREEMENTS AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE THINGS YOU FEEL EMOTIONAL ABOUT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN STILL SIT DOWN AND ACT LIKE PROFESSIONALS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR SHOWING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR MY KIDS, ONE OF WHICH MINE IS HERE TODAY. SHE HAS MULTIPLE TEACHERS THAT SHE HAS HAD SITTING IN THIS ROOM, WITH TAUGHT HER NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS AND SHE GOT 100% ON HER ALGEBRA TEST TODAY. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE ALSO DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB TOUCHING -- TEACHING HER ACADEMICS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO GET TO VOTE ON THIS AGREEMENT TODAY. >> ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION -- TO HAVE A MOTION FOR 3.01 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT RATIFICATION? >> I MOVED TO APPROVE 3.01 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT RATIFICATION AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> I WILL NOW CALL TO QUESTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 3.01 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT RATIFICATION. CI. -- OPPOSED THE SENE ? >> NÉE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 6-1. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON 3.02 INSURANCE RATES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIME TO RENEW OUR INSURANCE AND GET TO AN OPEN ENROLLMENT. WHICH IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED. IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE -- APPROVED INSURANCE RATES, EXCUSE ME. YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THE BUDGETING PROCESS WE SAW A .5% INCREASE TO HER HEALTH INCREASE AT 22% INCREASE TO DENTAL N0 INCREASE TO OUR VISION INSURANCE. A .5% INSURANCE INCREASE TO HEALTH IS ABOUT A $2 MILLION SPENT FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR ALL THE REASONS WE TALKED ABOUT, REALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO BE CAREFUL IN THAT SPACE AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY, -- SAVE. ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE FOUND IS ALSO PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS WAS MOVED TO A FLAT AMOUNT INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION WITH A FOCUS ON HSA AND A CONTRIBUTION TO HSA. ALONG WITH THE BENEFITS TEAM AND A LOT OF OTHER ADMINISTRATORS, WOMEN STANDING UP IN FRONT OF SUPPORT STAFF GROUPS, WE'VE BEEN STANDING UP IN FRONT OF ADMINISTRATORS, RESENTING THIS INFORMATION AND TO SARAH'S POINT EARLIER, PROVIDING AS MUCH EDUCATION AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. TODAY, BEFORE YOU, WE SEE FOUR SETS OF INSURANCE RATES TO BE PERFECTLY TRANSPARENT, THE CERTIFIED RATES WERE JUST APPROVED WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BUT I WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED THEM THERE AS WELL. IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S JUST START AT THE 17 PAY, BREAKDOWN. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE HARD COPIES IN FRONT OF YOU. WHEN I PRESENTED THIS ALONG WITH THE OTHER ADMINISTRATORS, I CALLED THIS A CFOS DREAM. IT IS FULL OF DATA. AND FULL OF NUMBERS. SO, ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME ON THE FRONT, YOU SEE THE PPO PLAN ON THE LEFT, THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN IN THE MIDDLE IN GREEN AND IN THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN AND WHAT I WOULD CALL PEAK. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN -- THE NEXT PAGER PAGE TWO OF THIS IS REALLY WHERE YOU SEE IT ALL COME TO LIGHT. HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE TOP ON THAT FIRST BAR YOU SEE THE CURRENT RATES, THIS IS 17 PAY SUPPORT STAFF. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT DON'T WORK OVER THE SUMMER. THEY GET PAID , JUST DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. NO PAYCHECK IN THE SUMMER. HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE TOP YOU SEE THE CURRENT RATES FOR EACH OF THOSE PLANS. THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PREMIUM. THE SECOND COLUMN IS WHAT THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTES. THE THIRD COLUMN IS JUST THE SUBTRACTION OF [00:10:01] THOSE TWO AND THEN DIVIDED BY 17. THAT WORKS FOR PLAN ONE, PLAN TWO IMPLANT THREE. HORIZONTALLY AND ALONG THE SECOND ROW. WHAT YOU SEE THERE, OUR PROPOSAL FOR WHAT WE WOULD MOVE TO ON JANUARY 1ST. YOU WILL NOTICE, IT IS A FLAT RATE CONTRIBUTION. 6004 AN EMPLOYEE ONLY. 8200 FOR EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE. 7000 EMPLOYEE, CHILD AND 30,200 FOR FAMILY. -- 13,200. LETTING THE EMPLOYEE BE THE STEWARD OF THEIR OWN HEALTH AND PICK UP THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THEM. CERTAINLY WE FOCUS THE ENERGY PLAN TWO AND THREE BY LOOKING AT A CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS, THAT IS THE GOAL HERE. TO MAKE FOLKS BE PLAYERS AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR OWN HEALTH. BEING SELF FUNDED, WE ARE ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS COLLECTIVE GOOD. THE THIRD HORIZONTAL IS JUST TO SAY, HEY, WHAT HAPPENS IF I STAY ON THE SAME PLAN? WHAT IS MY COST LOOK LIKE? YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE COSTS DO GO UP BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN PLAN ONE BUT AGAIN, OUR FOCUS IS PLAN TWO. PARTICULARLY WITH THIS EMPLOYED GROUP, OUR CONTRIBUTION IS GREATER ON PLAN TWO THEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN IF WE STUCK WITH THE PERCENTAGES THAT EXISTED BEFORE. THE MATH BEHIND THAT WAS -- WE LOOKED AT THE PERCENTAGES WE WOULD'VE HAD A ROUNDED THAT UP TO THE NEAREST 100 OR THE NEAREST TWO, $300 TO MAKE AN EVEN FLAT ABOUT. STAYING IN THE TWO COLUMN ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A SLIGHTLY GREATER CONTRIBUTION THAN THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ON PLAN TWO IF THEY WOULD HAVE -- IF WE WOULD'VE STAYED WITH HER CURRENT PERCENTAGES PRODUCE LIGHT OVER TO PLAN THREE IN THAT BOTTOM ROW, IF IT JUST STAYS THE SAME AS WELL. IF YOU GO BELOW THAT, THIS IS REALLY WHERE I THINK IT IS THE MOST INTERESTING. THIS IS A COMPARISON OF HEY, IF I MOVE FROM PLAN ONE TODAY, TO PLAN TWO ON JANUARY 1ST, WHAT HAPPENS TO MY PREMIUM? THIS WAS SIMILAR COMPARISON THAT WE PROVIDED IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING. WHAT YOU SEE IS SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS, SOMETIMES AS MUCH IS $5000, IF I MOVE FROM A PLAN ONE FAMILY TO PLANT TWO FAMILY ON JANUARY 1ST. ALSO YOU NOTICE IN GREEN THE CONTRIBUTION TO AN HSA. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPARISONS. PLAN ONE TO TWO, PLAN ONE TO THREE, AND PLAN TWO TO THREE JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT FOLKS WANT TO LOOK AT. LAST AT THE BOTTOM IS JUST A COMPARISON OF DENTAL RATES. I WILL HIT VISION FIRST BECAUSE IT IS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT. NO CHANGE, THAT STAYS THE SAME. JUST AS A REMINDER, ALL EMPLOYEES CAN GET A SINGLE VISION OR DENTAL FOR A ONE-TIME QUARTER. REGARDLESS OF WHAT EMPLOYEE GROUP THEY ARE IN. AND THEN, AS A DISTRICT, WE KEPT THE CURRENT PERCENTAGES WERE THE DISTRICT FUNDS 80% OF THE COST OF A FAMILY PLAN AND EMPLOYEE PLEASE -- PAYS 20%. THE DENTAL DOES GO UP IN THIS CASE. I WILL SAY WHEN WE MOVED TO THE 24 PAY, YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT NUMBER, IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE CONTRIBUTION IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS A DIVISION OF BY 17 PAYS THEN A 24 PAY, THAT IS THE ONLY REASON YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENT NUMBER. ANY QUESTION ON THE 17 PAY? WHAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU TO POTENTIALLY APPROVE HIS THE FLAT RATE CONTRIBUTION IN HORIZONTAL LINE 2 AND THE HSA CONTRIBUTION -- AS NOTED IN WHAT I WOULD CALL HORIZONTAL LINE FOUR. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE PLAN TO GIVE TO THE EMPLOYEES, IN FACT, IN OUR STANDING UP, WE GAVE THEM THIS INFORMATION AND CLEARLY STATED THIS IS NOT BEEN BOARD APPROVED AND WE WILL GIVE YOU OFFICIAL NUMBERS BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE NECESSARY OPEN ENROLLMENT ON DECEMBER 4TH, THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE SEEN THIS WITH THE FIRE THAT IT HAS TO BE BOARD APPROVED. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WE HAVE GONE OVER THIS, A LOT, AGAIN IT IS NOT MY FORTE BUT I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG. JUST IN LAYMAN TERMS, I WANT TO CONFIRM, WE ALWAYS DO TEACHER CONTRACTS FIRST, THEN WE WILL START TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT STAFF, RIGHT? THEY ARE THEN -- THAT IS WHAT THIS PART IS TALKING ABOUT, OUR SUPPORT STAFF WILL ALSO HAVE SUPPORT OPTIONS. >> THAT IS CORRECT. NOTHING TO DO WITH INCREASES FROM A SALARY PERSPECTIVE. THAT IS COMING IN DECEMBER AS FAR AS A RECOMMENDATION IS CONCERNED. >> CORRECT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALSO HELPING RIA, BUS DRIVER, THAT IS WHO IS INCLUDED, THEY ARE GETTING A BUMP AS WELL. INSURANCE WISE. >> YES. ONE THING I WANT TO SAY OVERALL, WE TOOK THE $2 MILLION SPENT THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF WE KEPT ALL THE SAME PERCENTAGES, AND WE DROPPED IT TO ABOUT A $460,000 SPENT. WE TOOK 2 MILLION AND CUT IT DOWN TO 460 IN THIS PROCESS. I WILL GET TO THE OTHER GROUPS IN JUST [00:15:01] A SECOND. THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, YES, THERE IS DEFINITELY AN EMPHASIS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FOLKS THE BEST WE COULD. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> THOSE NUMBERS IN GREEN, ACROSS THE BOTTOM, THAT IS THE ANNUAL -- RIGHT? >> THE HSA NUMBERS? >> HSA NUMBERS. >> CORRECT. THIS WOULD BE A ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION FOR ALL GROUPS MADE BY THE FEBRUARY, IF THEY HAVE AN FSA, IT WOULD BE MADE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. >> WHEN THEY RECEIVE THAT IT WILL JUST BE ONE-TIME GOING FORWARD, I'M SURE WE WILL WORK IT OUT, WAS AT THE PLANT TO DO A ONE-TIME HIT? AT THE BEGINNING -- >> I THINK OUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD IN 2026 WOULD BE TO DO IT OR PAY, THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT. BUT AT THIS TIME, TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION. >> MOST OF THESE EMPLOYEES PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE AN EXISTING HSA, IT WILL BE NICE THAT IT WOULD HIT IMMEDIATELY AND IT IS ALL THERE. ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF THAT, WE CAN STILL PUT -- AGAIN, THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE UP TO IRS LIMITS ON THEIR OWN AS WELL. >> THAT IS CORRECT. I CAN QUICK IT 24 IF YOU WOULD LIKE? WE WANT TO ASK A QUESTION? I'M SO SORRY. SO, 24 LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME AS 17 PAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, INSTEAD OF DIVISION BY 17 ON ALL THE DEDUCTIONS, YOU SEE DIVISION BY 24. THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS ARE IDENTICAL FOR 24. SUPPORT STAFF, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT EITHER ONE WORK YEAR-ROUND OR HAVE THEIR PAY DIVIDED YEAR-ROUND. FOR 24 PAYS. EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? GREAT. HOP OVER TO ADMINISTRATORS. ADMINISTRATORS, THE CONTRIBUTION IS EXACTLY THE SAME WITH THEIR CERTIFIED STAFF. THE DIFFERENCES IN THE HSA. EARLIER YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT HOW WE TOOK A $2 MILLION COST AND MOVED IT DOWN TO 466,000. THE MOVE TO THIS INSURANCE FOR ADMINISTRATORS INCLUDING THE CONTRIBUTION TO HSA IS WHAT 205,000 SAVINGS FROM TODAY. SO, WE WILL SAVE $205,000 ON ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE WE MADE SUCH A THING BEGIN TO MOVE AN EMPHASIS ON PLAN TWO. I'M THROWING OUT A LOT OF NUMBERS ABOUT SAVING, 2 MILLION IN NEW MILLION -- NEW MONEY SPENT, WE CUT IT DOWN TO 466,000. SAVINGS FROM TODAY, OUR OTHER THREE EMPLOYEE GROUP STILL WENT UP. AS A PART OF THIS. OUR ADMINISTRATORS GO DOWN BY OVER $200,000. WE SAVED $200,000 ON ADMINISTRATOR INSURANCE ALONE. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, THESE ARE SNAPSHOTS IN TIME. I TAKE A SNAPSHOT IN LATE SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE PEOPLE GO OFF AND ON ON A BURGLAR BASIS. BUT THIS, THIS WAS, THIS APPROACH FOR ADMINISTRATORS WAS IN OVERALL SAVINGS. ANY QUESTIONS? >> GO AHEAD. I NOTE YOU SAID HAVE BEEN SHARED, THEY BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM AT ANY POINT? >> WE WILL PUT THEM IN OUR INTRANET. WILL OPEN ENROLLMENT. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL OF THAT IN FRONT OF THEM WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR THE INSURANCE PLAN. THEY HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS WILL COST. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> THEY ARE ON BOARD DOCKS. >> CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HSA CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN A CERTIFIED STAFF IN OUR ADMINISTRATORS? AND SORT OF HOW -- IS WE ARE GOING FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND WHAT ARE ADMINISTRATOR BENEFITS ARE AND CERTIFIED STAFF BENEFITS ARE? HOW WE SORT OF CAME TO THAT NUMBER? >> YEAH, SO, ARE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRIBUTION WAS AROUND 98.6 , 90.5%. OF ANY PLAN THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO TAKE . IT WAS A PRETTY RICH BENEFIT. THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO HELP FOLKS IN THAT SPACE GET TO THEIR -- IT TO AN HSA IN PLAN NUMBER TWO. IF YOU WOULD'VE COMPARED TO THIS PROCESS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF BENEFITS. THEY ARE PRETTY WIDE, WE NARROWED THE GAP SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THIS MOVE. AGAIN, OF THE FOUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS. EVEN WITH THIS EFFORT , THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE THE ONLY GROUP THAT SAVED THE DISTRICT MONEY. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. AGAIN, THE BENEFIT WAS RICH BEFORE. THIS IS STILL A GREAT CONTRIBUTION. BUT A DIFFERENCE NONETHELESS. >> I JUST WANTED -- I KNOW PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THIS ON BOARD DOCKS AND ASKED THE QUESTION WHY CERTIFIED STAFF ARE ONLY GETTING $2000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE HSA AND THE ADMIN WAS GETTING 5000 WHICH ALMOST FULLY COVERS THEIR FAMILY DEDUCTIBLE AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION SO PEOPLE DON'T MAKE UP THEIR OWN IN ABSENCE OF FACTS. THAT WAS THE BASIS OF MY QUESTION. >> ONE OTHER THING WHEN THEY ASK ON THE COMPARING CERTIFIED STAFF TO ADMIN. AT THE BOTTOM [00:20:02] LEFT. PLAN ONE VERSUS .2. ON THE CERTIFIED STAFF LOOKS LIKE IF YOU WERE TO GO FROM PLAN WANT TO PLAN TWO, THAT SAVING IS $5040? >> ON THE CERTIFIED STAFF, THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY, THEN OVER ON ADMIN, IT IS LIKE NOT A SAVINGS BUT AN INCREASE OF $370? IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> ON THE ADMIN SIDE THE COST IS GOING UP BUT YES THEY GET A $5000 CONTRIBUTION . >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> ON THE CERTIFIED STAFF, THE COST IS GOING DOWN $5000 BUT THEY GET A 2000 CONTRIBUTION. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WASH THAT OUT OVERALL, IT IS ABOUT 7000 DOLLARS IN BENEFITS OVERALL TO OUR CERTIFIED STAFF AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO SUBJECT THE 372 -- 46, 47, AS A BENEFIT TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS. >> AGAIN -- SAVED FOR THE DISTRICT. >> GREAT. >> THAT IS A GREAT POINT. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> I DO HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT JUST LOGISTICALLY. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF HOW THE SCHEDULE WORKED OUT AND HAVING OPEN ENROLLMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE 11TH, ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE OF. WHEN YOU PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, YOU PAY THE MONTH BEFORE THE ACTUAL PREMIUM. WE PAY IN DECEMBER FOR JANUARY'S PREMIUMS. SO, JANUARY'S PREMIUMS WOULD NEED TO HAVE COME OUT OF PAYCHEX ON DECEMBER 15TH AND DECEMBER 31ST. IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT WHICH WE WILL HAVE ON DECEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE 11TH, THE TIME THAT DATA PROCESSES IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A COME OUT OF PAYCHEX. THIS IS IN -- APPROVED TONIGHT, IT WILL BE A FLOOD OF INFORMATION TO STAFF SAYING THERE WILL BE NO INSURANCE DEDUCTIONS COME OUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND WE WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS OF DEDUCTIONS AND SPREAD THEM OVER FIVE FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH,, APRIL, AND MAY. PAID JANUARY THROUGH JUNE IF THAT MAKES SENSE? IT WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS OF PREMIUMS DIVIDED BY FIVE . WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK AND THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. IN A PERFECT WORLD IN FUTURE YEARS, WE HAVE OPEN ENROLLMENT A LITTLE EARLIER. OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE TO SET A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EARLIER AND WE DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT. THAT WAS THE SOLUTION WE FELT WAS APPROPRIATE THIS TIME AROUND, AS A RESULT YOU WILL HEAR ME COME BACK IN DECEMBER AND ASK FOR A TRANSFER OF FUNDS TEMPORARILY FROM OUR OPERATIONS FIND HIM JUST A CASH FLOW THAT WE WOULD PAY BACK BY JUNE, JUST TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> BUT NO CROSS OVER, IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYONE IS COVERED IF THEY HAVE TO GO IN FOR MEDICAL REASONS. >> WE ARE SELF-FUNDED. ALL ABOUT LOCAL PAYMENTS. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE HSA CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE DISPARITY THERE AND ALL OF THAT. DID WE COMPARE COST JUST FOR THINKING TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND ADMINISTRATOR RECRUITMENT WITH NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE A LITTLE LATE TO THE HSA GAME. >> WHEN WE DID A COMPARISON, I WILL FOCUS ON CERTIFIED TEACHERS. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD INTELLIGENTLY TALK -- ABOUT ALL ADMINISTRATORS. WE HAD THE RICHEST BENEFITS IN HAMILTON COUNTY AS FAR AS CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHERS WERE CONCERNED. I CANNOT SPEAK TO HSA CONTRIBUTIONS WERE FROM A PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT. GOING INTO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, WE HAD THE MOST RICH CONTRIBUTION AS WELL AS THE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION. IT WAS THE HIGHEST PERCENT IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. >> ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION. IT NEVER REALLY CAME UP THAT RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION. DID ANYTHING CHANGE WITH THAT? >> NOTHING CHANGE WITH FOR IIIB. WAS A 5% MATCH. >> GOOD. THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE 1%, 1/2%. THINK MAYBE THERE IS A TUBE AT 5% MATCH FOR THOSE OF US INTO THE PRIVATE WORLD. THAT IS A 401(K). 5% MATCH WITH NO VESTING. >> NO VESTING EITHER. >> NO VESTING SCHEDULE. >> IT STARTS ON DAY ONE. >> ANY MONEY IF PEOPLE ARE NOT FOR ME WITH VESTING. IF THE COMPANY OR THE CORPORATION PROVIDES THAT TO YOU , YOU CAN LEAVE AT ANY TIME, YOU KEEP ALL THAT MONEY. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> AND OTHER PLACES WHERE I WALK -- WORK. I'M A FIVE-YEAR VESTING SCHEDULE, IF I LEAVE WITHIN FIVE YEARS, THAT MONEY GOES BACK. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT WITH THE BARGAINING TEAM. >> >> SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR AND MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRANSFERRING FUNDS , I [00:25:01] THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU SAYING OR VESTING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF I AM HERE TWO YEARS, MY FOR IIIB MONEY IS MINE AND I DON'T RETURN IT BACK TO THE DISTRICT. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> OKAY, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE CLEAR THAT, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S NO VESTING SCHEDULE, ONCE THE MONEY IS CONTRIBUTED FROM THE CORPORATION TO THE EMPLOYEE, IT IS YOUR MONEY. >> >> THAT IS A STICKING POINT, LET'S CLARIFY THAT FOR ANOTHER BOARD MEETING. >> I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY VESTING REQUIREMENT, I WILL CONFIRM THAT. >> LET'S DISCUSS THAT. THAT IS AN ISSUE. LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE AWARE WILL TRY TO PRESENT THAT TO EVERYONE TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. >> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, WE ARE THE HIGHEST FOR RETIREMENT COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS WHICH IS AMAZING. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT -- THE INFORMATION HE PRESENTED, WORK WITH YOUR TEAM AND WITH THE TEACHERS, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PACKAGE AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT WE ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT INSURANCE BENEFIT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU TO YOU , TIM. FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN FOR US. YOU HAD AN ANSWER FOR EVERY QUESTION WHICH IS AMAZING. >> THANK YOU. >> THE VESTING IS ON A 457 PLAN ON A 403. ON THE FOURTH THREE, THERE IS NO VESTING, ON A 457, WHERE THEY CAN BE PAID FOR EXCESSIVE SICK DAYS, THERE IS A 10 YEAR WAIT. >> OKAY SO THAT IS ON PAYMENT FOR THE SICK DAYS. OKAY. BUT ON THE 403B THERE IS NONE. AGAIN. FOR THE LAYMAN OUT THERE. 403B IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE 401(K). YOU ARE SET ON DAY ONE. 457, 60 ACCRUAL AND ALL THAT, 10 YEARS. GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. >> OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 3.02 INSURANCE RATES? >> MOTION TO APPROVE, 3.02 INSURANCE RATES AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I WILL CALL TO QUESTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.