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RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -_� <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE <br />SELECTION OF CIGNA AS THE PROVIDER FOR EMPLOYEE <br />HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE; EYEMED AS THE CITY'S <br />PROVIDER FOR VISION CARE; MUTUAL OF OMAHA AS THE <br />PROVIDER FOR LIFE INSURANCE, ACCIDENTAL, DEATH & <br />DISMEMBERMENT (AD &D) INSURANCE, LONG TERM <br />DISABILITY INSURANCE, VOLUNTARY SHORT TERM <br />DISABILITY INSURANCE, AND VOLUNTARY LIFE <br />INSURANCE, FOR A ONE -YEAR PERIOD; AUTHORIZING THE <br />CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH <br />THESE PROVIDERS, PROVIDED SAID AGREEMENTS ARE <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY BY THE <br />CITY ATTORNEY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY <br />MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO <br />EFFECTUATE THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Sunny Isles Beach currently provides regular full -time and part - <br />time employees with primary health care through Cigna, a full - service healthcare provider; and <br />WHEREAS, staff requested the City's insurance broker (Brown & Brown Insurance, <br />Inc.) to issue proposals on behalf of the City to provide insurance coverages at basically the same <br />levels as the existing coverage; and <br />WHEREAS, City staff and Brown & Brown representatives met with representatives <br />from our current health care provider Cigna, and after extensive negotiations, Cigna submitted a <br />renewal proposal for services in an annual amount of $1,605,163.32 which is 9.97% higher than <br />our current rates, based on the City's claims history, and the consensus was to move forward <br />with the Cigna proposal for health insurance, and employees have the option to choose from two <br />(2) plans: HMO High or HMO Low; and has proposed rates for Dental at an annual amount of <br />$120,965.64 which is 6.00% higher than our current rates and employees have the option to <br />choose from two (2) plans: DMO or PPO; and EyeMed has extended their current rates at no <br />additional cost with an annual amount of $20,949.60; and <br />WHEREAS, Mutual of Omaha has extended their current rates in an annual amount of <br />$58,000.00 as the City's provider for life, disability and accidental death and dismemberment <br />(AD &D) insurance, and at the employee's sole cost the voluntary short term disability insurance <br />and voluntary life insurance, and the current rate for long term disability insurance in an annual <br />amount of $52,000.00; and <br />WHEREAS, these agreements are for a period of one (1) year with a renewal date for the <br />City's health, dental and other employee insurances of March 1, 2014. <br />R2014- Cigna Employee Health Insurance Providers Page 1 42 <br />