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April 15, 2002 Page 339 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Cabarrus County Board of County Commissioners and the Cabarrus County Boys & Girls Club, Inc., have approved this agreement and caused it to be executed and attested by their duly authorized officials. ATTEST: /s/ Frankie F. Bonds Clerk [SEAL] ATTEST: /s/ James Monroe James Monroe, Secretary [SEAL] CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS By: /s/Robert M. Freeman CHAIRMAN CABA_RRUS COUNTY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, INC. By: /s/ Taylor Pruette Taylor Pruette, President Emplo~,ee Health Insurance Renewal Mr. Don Cummings, Human Resources Director, requested approval of the contract renewal with CIGNA to provide fully insured HMO and Point of Service (POS) programs for employee health insurance coverage for FY 2002 - 2003. The premium rates reflect a 17.1 percent increase over FY 2001-2002 with the County's projected annual cost for providing paid health insurance for 628 employees estimated $2,110,000.00. The major changes impacting County employees are: (1) An increase in employee copayment for Specialty Physician office visits from $20.00 to $30.00; (2) An increase in employee copayment for Inpatient Hospital/Outpatient Facility Services from $250.00 / $125.00 to $500.00 / $250.00; and (3) The maximum out-of-pocket expense changes from unlimited to $2,000.00 individual and $4,000.00 family. Mr. Mark Browder of Mark III Brokerage, Inc., was present to answer any questions by the Board concerning the insurance program. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board approved the contract renewal with CIGNA to provide fully insured HMO and Point of Service (POS) programs for employee health insurance coverage for FY 2002-2003. The monthly rates will be as follows: I COVERAGES PLAN Employee Employee Child(ren) Spouse Family County Employee Employee Employee Employee Paid Paid + Paid . Paid Paid HMO $280.00 $0.00 + $210.00 $267.00 $468.00 POS $280.00 $33.00 + $283.00 $345.00 $626.00 Presentation of the Proposed FY 2003 Cabarrus County Budget; Setting the Public Hearing and Schedule for Budget Work Sessions Mr. Clifton presented the County Manager's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Message. The proposed county general fund budget for FY 2003 totaled $127,607,147.00 which represented a 7.5 percent decrease from the amended budget of FY 2002 (as of March 31, 2002) which totaled $137,984,899.00. The proposed tax rate of $.56 remained at the same level as FY 2002 with each one cent on the tax rate generating $1,084,936.00 in property tax revenue. Mr. Clifton pointed out that it takes 47 cents on the tax rate to fund education and 11 cents on the tax rate to fund the County's cost of Social Services. Ail other County services are funded with sales tax revenue. He reviewed a number of the FY 2003 Budget highlights, including such items as the following: State of North Carolina Fiscal Issues; Revenue Shortfalls and Forecasts; Educational Funding; Highway 49 Exposition Project; Social Services Funding - Medicaid Expense; Mental Health Services - Proposed State 'Legislative Changes/Impacts; Capital Improvements Plan; Employee Related Issues; Non-Assumption of Grant or Revenue Based Staffing; Park Construction and Recreational Programming; and Local Transportation Services. The proposed budget will be ready for distribution on May 1, 2002. The Board agreed to the following meeting dates for review of the proposed budget: May 13, June 3, June 10 and June 13, 2002. Each of the meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room. The public hearing on the proposed budget will be held on June 17, 2002, during the regular meeting of the Board, which begins at 6:30 p.m.