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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting December 15,2011 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />Busch as Chairperson, and Members Tony LoCastro, Bob Mincow, Bob Welsh, New <br />Member Dana Goldman, Mariana Talalaevsky, Steve Trattner, Dennis Stubbolo, Norman <br />Peselev, and New Member Jennifer Levin. He noted that the two new members, residents <br />Dana Goldman and Jennifer Levin have served on the subcommittees. He introduced <br />Chairman Harvey Busch and thanked him for his service on this Committee. <br /> <br />Public Speakers: None <br /> <br />Commissioner Scholl moved and Commissioner Aelion seconded a motion to approve the <br />resolution. Resolution No. 2011-1812 was adopted by a voice vote of5-0 in favor. <br /> <br />lOB. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving <br />the City of Sunny Isles Beach Drug-Free Workplace Program Policy, as Amended, <br />Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary <br />to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. <br /> <br />Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant to the City Manager/Human Resources <br />Priscilla Walker reported that the City is a sub-recipient of American Recovery and <br />Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funds administered through Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a <br />grantee of the Federal Transit Administration (FT A). All sub-recipients are required to have <br />a Drug-Free Workplace Program Policy that includes specific elements covered in the FT A <br />Regulations 49CFR Part 655, and she summarized the required elements in the Policy. <br /> <br />Public Speakers: None <br /> <br />Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approve the <br />resolution. Resolution No. 2011-1813 was adopted by a voice vote of5-0 in favor. <br /> <br />10C. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving <br />the Continuance of Brown and Brown Benefit Consultants as the City's Medical <br />Insurance Broker for the March 2012 Plan Year; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All <br />Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. <br /> <br />Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant to the City Manager/Human Resources <br />Priscilla Walker rep0l1ed that Brown and Brown is the City's Medical Insurance Broker for <br />group medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and long-term disability insurances for City <br />employees. She said Brown and Brown does not receive a compensation from the City, they <br />receive a percentage from the insurance carrier. We anticipate going out for proposals for <br />medical brokerage service next year, we looked into issuing an RFP this year but our <br />independent insurance consultant said there was not adequate time. <br /> <br />Public Speakers: Bob Hollander <br /> <br />Bob Hollander of Brown and Brown said early next year they anticipate going out to bid on <br />behalf of the City as independent agents representing every health insurance company that is <br />available to them. They will go out to all carriers, look at all plans on the City's behalf, and <br />they will find the most competitive companies plan that they can for City employees. <br /> <br />Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Gatto seconded a motion to approve the <br />resolution. Resolution No. 2011-1814 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br />4 <br />