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Due to rising insurance costs, the committee is requesting the Council to consider increasing its contribution to a percentage amount,while being sensitive to those who do not take the insurance but take the$375 in cash. Dental Insurance The Committee has received prices for dental insurance. The cost would be about $35 per month for single employees and $85 for family. The only catch here is we would need at least five participants. We would recommend offering this to employees but requiring the employees to pay for the premium. CONCLUSION We need to sign the contract to renew with BCBS by July 15. We would like the Council to consider increasing its contribution toward health insurance premiums to make health insurance affordable for the Pequot Lakes employees. After an employee meeting on the issue,the employees are recommending to move to the Single/Family Plan and to ask the Council to pay $375 plus 85% of the remaining premium. It was also the consensus of the employees that the $375 �. continues to be offered to those employees receiving the benefit. However, new employees would not be eligible for the $375 benefit if they choose to not take the insurance. The Committee also met with two Council members on this issue. The Council members presented another scenario whereby the City would pick up the single coverage of$480 for each employee and possibly consider paying one-half of the balance of the family coverage which would be another$85.50. These numbers will be handed out to the Council at the meeting.