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The Benefits Committee aims to balance district needs with employee benefits for the 2014-15 budget, ensuring a tax-neutral approach. It focuses on structuring and financing insurance benefits to attract and retain faculty, while maintaining a balanced budget. Committee roles include advising district leadership, engaging in dialogue, and communicating outcomes to colleagues. The desired meeting outcomes involve fund updates, RFP assessment, and future direction discussions. Meetings will address medical recommendations, other benefits, and provider proposals. The timeline includes an implementation plan stretching from August to January 2015.
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2014-2015 Benefits Committee May 28, 2014
Our Goal Benefits Committee Goal is to support the budget process for 2014-15 that supports the District’s Mission and Vision while balancing the need to improve employee benefits while achieving a balanced budget that does not require a tax increase. Goals will be to help assure current insurance benefits are appropriately structured and financed to support institutional needs, including recruiting and retaining faculty and staff.
Roles and Responsibilities • Serve in an advisory capacity to the district leadership team • Engage in productive dialogue • Be objective and maintain a district level perspective • Explore possibilities • Communicate committee work and outcomes to colleagues • Confer with principal following each meeting • Gather input from colleagues
Desired Outcomes of Meeting • Fund update • Process for assessment of RFP responses • Where do we go from here? • Provider presentation: Airrosti
Assessment of RFP Responses • Volunteers for RFP subcommittee • Teachers – Sharon Meyer & Jody Stiver • Paraprofessionals – Skip Hampton • Auxiliary – still looking • Administration – Steve & Sonja • MHBT – Jared & Kasey • Purchasing – Robert Langston
Timeline If medical marketing bid takes place for January 1, 2015 Evaluation, Interviews June-July Benefits Committee July 9, 2014 Award Date July 21,2014 BOT Mtg Implementation August – September Annual Enrollment October Effective Date January 1, 2015 Source: FBISD Finance
Where do we go from here? • Medical Recommendation • Other Benefits • Leave • Incentives • Other • Vetting of Provider Proposals • Monthly meetings beginning next fall
How are we doing? • Have we accomplished our goal for this meeting? • Fund Update • RFP assessment • Where do we go from here? • Questions? Concerns? Feedback? • Next meeting: • Benefits Committee– July 9, 2014 4:30p.m. Annex
Airrosti Introduction • Musculoskeletal is the 2nd largest spend by condition for 2013 • Total 2013 spend was $4,660,000 • “Musculoskeletal Conditions are the costliest and most rapidly growing group of diseases.”
Fort Bend Independent School District