HomeMy Public PortalAbout9/03/2003 special sessionCity of Greencastle
City ball
One north Locust Street
P.O. Box 607
Greencastle, Indiana 46135
Pamela S. Jones
Clerk - Treasurer
GREENCASTLE COMMON COUNCIL
SPECIAL SESSION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2003 5:30 P.M.
CITY HALL
The Greencastle Common Council met in Special Session Wednesday, September 3,
2003, 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. Councilor Sedlack called the meeting to Order at 5:30 p.m.
On the Roll Call, the following were found to be present: Councilor Roach, Councilor
Sedlack and Councilor Liechty. Councilor Hammer was late arriving at 5:35 p.m. and
Mayor Michael arrived at 5:50 p.m.
City Planner Lisa VonTress was present to discuss the Building Commissioner/Planner
Budget.
Councilor Hammer arrives at this time.
Planner VonTress stated she added a new computer and software to her budget, training
is up; dues are up and telephone is up. CT Jones stated that since we now have someone
to administer this budget, it only made sense to add the Planning and Zoning budget
items from the Council Budget to this budget. This gives Planner VonTress the
information she needs to administer those budget items. CT Jones further stated that
benefits have also been added, as they have been in all budgets. Planner VonTress
noticed there was no mileage in her budget. Planner VonTress added mileage in the
amount of $1,500.00 and decreased the following line items: telephone was decreased
from $3,000.00 to $2,500.00 and plan and zoning maps were deleted from the budget in
the amount of $1,000.00.
Mayor Michael arrives at this time.
City Attorney Robertson was present to discuss her budget stating she has increased her
budget for the first time in four years. The only change was to delete the $15,000.00
from the Police Department budget for legal fees and add them to pending litigation in
the Attorney budget.
Rick Bittles, HBG Insurance and Bonds, was present to discuss the increase in health
insurance premiums. Mr. Bittles stated there is an increase of 5.79% in the health
insurance premiums (this was a WONDERFUL surprise to all). Mr. Bittles stated there
are some changes that Anthem has made to standardize policies which include: co-
payments are now 80 %/20% instead of 90 % /10 %; maximum out of pocket for single is
now $2,000.00 instead of $1,500.00 and family out of pocket maximum is $4,000.00
instead of $3,000.00, the RX has stayed the same at $12.00, $24.00 and $40.00 and office
co -pay is still $25.00. The state has mandated that substance abuse treatment must
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