Fellow members,

As many of you are now aware it turns out that our premiums will be increased by 7%. There will not be an increase in deductibles or our co-insurance. When the Mayor made his proposal of the budget we were all under the impression that none of our health insurance rates would be increased. It has now come to our attention that his proposal only included the deductibles and co-insurance. This is still an improvement of the manager’s proposed budget but a serious concern for how it was presented at the city council budget meeting. Unfortunately we have few options at this point due to the fact the budget has been voted on and approved.

Rick Armstrong