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CHAIRMAN VIODTKE DISCUSSED TRYING TO PINPOINT DEPARTMENTS WITH THE MOST CLAIMS, AND MS. CUNNINGHAM•PRESENTED HIM WITH A CLAIMS LIST FROM LAST SEPTEMBER. WILLIAM KOOLAGE SUGGESTED THE COUNTY MIGHT CONSIDER AN INSURANCE PLAN WHICH"DOES NOT ESCALATE SUCH AS THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE HAS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE LEGISLATURE SAYS THAT THE RATE STRUCTURES ON ALL PLANS MUST BE APPROACHED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND OUR RATE STRUCTURE, THEREFORE, COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE SO ACTUALLY WE ARE MORE OR LESS SELF-INSURED AND PAYING BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD TO ADMINISTER THE POLICY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THERE IS A LOT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE POLICIES, AND THAT THEY CAN ADMINISTER IT A LOT CHEAPER THAN THE COUNTY CAN. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CURRENT LOSS REPORT, AND MS. CUNNINGHAM STATED THAT SHE WOULD SEND HIM THE MOST CURRENT ONE AND THAT THESE CAN BE SENT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS IF DESIRED. THE BOARD AGREED THIS SHOULD BE DONE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL OF BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD FOR THE NEXT YEAR AS OUTLINED IN THE PRESENTATION MADE BY MR. BROWN, INCkEASING THE ROOM RATE FROM $55.00 DAILY TO $75.00. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE $7,459 INCREASE SHOWN.ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST FOR THE INCREASED ROOM RATE. MS. CUNNINGHAM AGREED THAT.THERE WOULD BE AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL INCREASE OF ABOUT $17,836 PLUS THE $7,459 FOR ROOM RATE INCREASE, OR APPROXIMATELY $25,000.00. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THE FIGURES AND INCREASES INVOLVED. CHAIRMAN WODTKE REQUESTED THAT WE OBTAIN A COPY OF THE RATE REVIEW PRESENTED TO US LAST YEAR AND THE MORE RECENT ONE AND ALSO, AS SOON AS AVAILABLE, THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTING REPORT. HE REQUESTED L 14 8.wK 5 PAGE a7