HomeMy WebLinkAboutCalled Commission Meeting April 9, 2007
CALLED MEETING COMMISSION CHAMBER
April 9, 2007
Augusta Richmond County Commission convened at 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 9,
2007, the Honorable Deke Copenhaver, Mayor, presiding.
PRESENT: Hons. Holland, Smith, Grantham, Harper, Cheek, Bowles, and
Brigham, members of Augusta Richmond County Commission.
ABSENT: Hons. Beard, Williams and Hatney, members of Augusta Richmond
County Commission.
Mr. Russell: This is a follow up to a committee meeting that occurred in Finance
several weeks ago in which we suggested that we have a special session to talk about
retirement and health care issues for employees. We’ve been working on this for the past
five years and there are no easy answers for these types of challenges. We are talking
about the costs and what happens if we don’t do something. The policy decision
becomes on how we deal with that. Robby has done a year’s worth of work on this and I
would suggest the public comment for the time being and let the presenters go through
their presentation.
Mr. Burns: Today we have representatives from GMEBS and they will discuss
the actual pension plan. We also have a representative from Buck Consultants and he
will discuss the costs of offering health insurances to employees when they retire.
Mr. Hamilton Henson from Buck Consultants made a presentation regarding the
costs to provide post retirement medical coverage for employees currently covered by the
1998 pension plan and those not currently covered by any pension plan.
Mr. Leon Joyner with the Segal Company made a presentation regarding the
various aspects of the combination of the current pension plans.
[MEETING ADJOURNED]
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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