From: Newcomb, Kellee

    Sent: Fri Jun 12 17:26:20 2015

    To: Newcomb, Kellee

    Subject: Trust Meeting

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    Trust Meeting

    6/12/15

     

    Present:

     

    Absent:

     

    Call to Order

    The meeting was called to order by Gregg Elder at 4:07 p.m.

     

    Adoption of Agenda

    A motion was made by molly and seconded by adam to adopt the agenda as written. The motion passed unanimously.

     

    thanked gail for her service. presented gift from the trustees. gail said most rewarding and a privalege.

     

    Approval of Minutes

    A motion was made by Kelly and seconded by susan to approve the minutes from the May 13, 2015 meeting as written. The motion passed unanimously.

     

    Financials

    Darla reviewed the april and may financials with the group. Nothing out of the ordinary.

     

    thanked trustees for approving auditor. she reached out to him

     

    Approval of the Mercer 2015-16 Statement of Work

    motion by kelly moved to approve gregg seconded

     

    Wellness Program Update

    july 13 new coord starts. gail shared presentation.

     

    did monthly report

     

    Budget reviewed. motion from kelly proposed gregg seconded.

     

    Human Resources Update

    affordable care act will be discussed at a later date when jeff is in attendance. decision will be needed.

     

    wellness coordinator: reviewed the process and how it worked. rickie lee marker hoffman. talked about her background. starting july 13. announcement will come out a little later. will bring to next meeting she is available.

     

    employee satisfaction update regarding united healthcare. noraml transition things. but now prescriptions angst. hr has been helping employees. but a few very unhappy and vocal employees. an email went out from a person to a lot of employees. randi shared what the email said. sent and then was forwarded and went viral. legitimate concerns from staff. hr gave a standard reply to the emails. sent all to sean and aanya. sean shared info from wea and their plans are starting to look more like uhc. hearing from staff that they want to go back to prmera but the rates and benefit plans are changing. she gave examples. had not heard from other staff before this email. working with staff who have specific situations. greif right now is not an immediate answer. lots of steps that are new. clear that p;erson sent intial email was not malicious but what said to her was folks are confused about program and feel like grass is greener with premera. comments included wanted uhc to reach out to employees to work with them. emaoks were also provided to uhc rep. some is not understanding their plan and they are frustrated about how it is implemented. randi met with para assc eaeop will be meeting wwith them as well. know that trust will be talking about plan renewals. talked about havving uhc rpe come and meet with staff. gail talked about planning the health fairs andd ask uhc to come at that tiem. randi talked about staff not knowing about the 17% iincrease in premera rates. heard from employees in other districts how much coverage wwent up and the issues with aon. talked bout having reps to new tea cher orientation in augut. talked about a survey to employees in sept to see what employees would wannt to do. present to sea for pros ad cons. the group discussed and provided feedbaack. sumary from sean on returning to wea they will p;rovide. sean will bring backk. with premera still had disgruntled employees. talked about dual coverage issuess. she will continue to work with employees.

    moore info from sean about what going to do and if doing a survey. discussed how tocoommunication with some staff. make sure to connect with everybody. will also be ggood to know what legislature will do.

     

    Rotation of Trust Officers

    kkelly becomes trust pres and adam is secretary

     

     

    Upcoming Agenda Items for the August Meeting

     

    Other

    1-4

    26th 8-12

     

    randi announced stephanie north will be leaving her post for another dept. records. will be interviewing next week to hire another person. will introcude once hired.

     

    Adjourn to Executive Session

    The regular meeting was adjourned to executive session by Gregg Elder at 520

     

    compensation for us percentage increase comparable to what prof tech receive molly and suan seconded

     

    Adjournment

    The regular meeting was re-adjourned at 530 and immediately adjourned at 5:30

     

    Next meeting august 25 time TBD

     

     

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