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April 20, 2015 (Regular Meeting) Page 2.357 (F -5) EMS - Transition from Scheduled Non - Emergency Transportation Services It is proposed to transition away from the provision of scheduled Non - Emergency stretcher transportation by advanced life support providers. Cabarrus EMS recommends assigning a franchise agreement to a selected Non - Emergency provider to provide routine (non -911) transportation of patients for scheduled appointments and discharges. The provision of Non - Emergency stretcher transportation has increased workload while generating minimal additional revenue. The personnel currently occupying the Non- Emergency position would be reassigned to emergency unit vacancies. This move would allow for greater focus on our mission statement to provide progressive advanced emergency medical services and promote community wellness. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Shue and unanimously carried, the Board authorized staff to begin the process to transition away from scheduled Non - Emergency Stretcher Transportation. (F -6) Human Resources - Employee Benefits Renewal FY 2015 -2016 County staff would like to continue to offer two health plan options for Cabarrus County employees in FY 2016. The two options include an Open Access Plan (OAP) paired with a health reimbursement account and a Consumer Driven Plan (CDP) paired with a health savings account. Under both plans, employees share in the cost of insurance and participate in the consumerism of health care costs. The OAP design will change slightly from the current plan to maintain compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). To maintain the health insurance plan design and premium structure, the cost will increase from $6746.40 per employee per year to $7692.00 per employee per year. Staff would like to present two options for the voluntary employee -paid dental coverage for FY2016. Option 1 - maintain fully insured plan. This will require a 6.5 percent increase for the passive PPO option selected by the majority of employees. Option 2 - change the dental funding from fully insured to self- funded. This will allow employee premiums to remain the same but will require cash flow support from the Health Insurance Fund for approximately two years. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Shue and unanimously carried, the Board approved the FY 2015 -2016 benefits renewal. (F -7) Infrastructure and Asset Management - District Attorney and Probation Of'f'ices Alterations The concept of expanding the District Attorney's office and creating 11 new offices in the Probation section of the Courthouse and Courthouse Annex was originally presented to the Board at the January work session. At that time, the Board authorized Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) to proceed with the design process for this space and to receive bids for the work. Drawings have been completed by Griffin Architecture and bids were received on March 19. Ike's Construction submitted a low bid of $163,600.00. This price includes $3,600.00 in bid alternates, and a contingency allowance of $20,000.00. The following items are not included in the bid from Ike's Construction but would be necessary to complete the job: $41,278.35 for cubicles in the new offices and $9,605.13 for access controls. The County would also be responsible for $5,400.00 of data cabling in the new offices and for providing furniture in the District Attorney's conference room and break room, at a cost of $16,822.57. Funds are available in the Construction and Renovation Fund, as identified in the original presentation of this project, to fund these costs. The bid tabulation is as follows: Name of Contractor Ike's Construction Liles Construction Kannapolis Construction Base Bid 160,000.00 184,790.00 185,902.00 Alternate No. 1 1,500.00 1,615.00 2,900 -00 Alternate No. 2 900.00 800.00 1,376.00 Alternate No. 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 Alternate No. 4 800.00 0.00 - 1,125.00