Team Orange,
Happy New Year!
Last month I forgot to wish everyone a Happy New (Fiscal) Year, so I ’ m doing it now. Sure, celebrating a new fiscal year may seem like something only a true bureaucrat could love, but it is a great opportunity to take stock of where we ’ ve been and where we are going. I find the rhythm of a new budget cycle to be helpful in segmenting and measuring the progress on new initiatives and completed projects. A new budget means a renewed opportunity to advance our mission of serving our customers and helping our community. So please forgive me for my inner budget nerd coming out at this time of year. For employees, it also means that we are preparing for “ open enrollment ” season for our employee benefits. If you didn ’ t throw confetti when I said “ happy new year ” above, I think you will be pleasantly surprised, and maybe even a little bit celebratory when you see the new health insurance rates. As a follow up to implementing the Classification and Compensation Study recommendations to help us regain competitiveness in our employment market, we are intent on helping to lower the cost of health insurance for employees, especially those with family to support. After comparing our employer contribution rates for health insurance premiums against several neighboring jurisdictions, the Board of Supervisors have decided to move aggressively to improve our competitiveness. Accordingly, you will see meaningful decreases in your monthly insurance contribution for all family plans. For individuals, we haven ’ t raised employee premiums since 2014, so we did need to make an adjustment, but even there we added another high deductible plan option that will allow minimal monthly impact on such plans.
So Happy New Year. Throwing confetti is optional.
- Ted Voorhees, Orange County Administrator
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