10. Jobs Now Request for City Health Insuranceof Kalispell
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Post Office :•x 1997 - Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997• 41 11 41
REPORT TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MEETING DATE:
Mayor Boharski and City Council Members
Amy Robertson, Finance Director
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
Jobs Now -Director's application for Health Insurance
October 2, 2000
BACKGROUND: the following is recent legislation regarding economic development
organizations such as Jobs Now and health insurance.
2-18-702
(b) The governing body of a county, city, or town may, at its discretion, consider the employees of private,
nonprofit economic development organizations to be employees of the county, city, or town solely for the purpose
of participation in group hospitalization, medical, health, including long- term disability accident, or group life
insurance contracts or plans as provided in subsection (1)(a). The governing body of the county, city, or town may
require an employee or organization to pay the actual cost of coverage required for participation or may, at its
discretion and subject to any restriction on who may be a member of a group, pay all or part of the cost of coverage
of the employee of the organization .
Job's Now is hiring a new director and would like participation in our Plan . They will be paying
the full cost of those premiums. Participation would begin November 1 S`. The premium would
be paid in advance. See attached letter.
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
FISCAL EFFECTS: The City's administration would be limited to providing Blue Cross
with a new employee form and the writing of the monthly receipt. The
inclusion of one more family in our self insured insurance plan should
be a positive. Annual premium would be $5,568.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by Council.
Amy ff Robertson
Finance Director
Report compiled: September 27, 2000
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Chris A. Kukulski
City Manager
21 st Century Economic
Development Partnership
September 27, 2000
Honorable
Mayor and City Council Members
City of Kalispell
Kalispell, MT
Re: Health Insurance
Dear Sirs:
Request that employees of Jobs Now, Inc. be allowed to enroll in the City of Kalispell's
health plan. Jobs Now, Inc. will pay the costs of the enrollment.
Jobs Now Inc. is a non-profit corporation organized for the purpose of promoting
economic development in the Flathead Valley,
Sincerely,
M rt W. Webb,
Interim Presiden
215 East Idaho, Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: 406-257-7711 Fax: 406-257-7772 Email: jobs/now@ptinet.net