DATE: November 3, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Human Resources
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Resolutions Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement with Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. to Provide Group Insurance Broker and Advisory Services, Include the City of Hayward with the CSAC Excess Insurance Authority Municipality Pools for Delta Dental, VSP, and Cigna Life/Disability Insurance, and Move the City of Hayward's Transit and Flexible Spending Account Benefits, COBRA and Retiree Dental Administration to Priselac & Associates, Inc.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached Resolutions authorizing the City Manager to:
1) Enter into an agreement with Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. ("Alliant") for group insurance broker and advisory services; and
2) Enter into an agreement with Alliant for dental, vision and life/disability coverage for City of Hayward ("City") employees through the CSAC Excess Insurance Authority ("CSAC EIA") Municipality Pools; and
3) Move the administration of the City's transit and flexible spending account benefit plans, COBRA and retiree dental administration to Priselac & Associates, Inc. ("P & A Group").
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BACKGROUND
The City provides a competitive package of non-medical benefits for its qualified employees and their eligible dependents as agreed upon in the applicable Resolutions and Memoranda of Understanding. To administer the benefit plans in the most cost effective and efficient manner, the City requires the services of a group insurance broker and advisor to assist with its benefit programs by providing special services and the advice of specially trained personnel. In 2011, the City entered into an agreement with Wells Fargo (the City's former benefits broker); this agreement expired on June 30, 2014. In May 2014, the City solicited proposals through a competitive bid process for group insura...
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