Ripon Common Council Nixes Increase For Employee Health Insurance Contribution
23 April 2019 News
An effort to set a flat percentage for the amount Ripon City employees pay towards their health insurance premiums fell short Monday night. Alderperson Aaron Becker had proposed all employees pay 9 percent whether single or family rates. He coupled that with a 25 percent cut in pay for Council members so they too would be making a sacrifice. But other Council members felt it was premature and Alderperson James Werch said doing it would be backwards. The Council voted down the motion 6 to 2. Not all employees would have been included in that proposal because 12 of the city’s 45 employees are in the police union, which has a three-year agreement with the city. Becker and Alderperson John Splitt felt it was an initial step that could be taken prior to budget decisions in the fall. Spllitt said budget decisions seem to get a rubber stamp when they are made then. But other Council members say knowing the city lags behind others its size in what they pay their employees they can’t ask workers to make another sacrifice. City Administrator Lori Rich informed the Council that they won’t know until October whether the city’s insurance premiums for employees will be going up and by how much.
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