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DIFFICULT TO COMPARE BENEFITS AND WHEN WE DO GO TO BID AGAIN, WE SHOULD HAVE A BID CONSULTANT MAKE THE COMPARISONS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED ABOUT MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES, AND MR. BROWN STATED THAT THEY CONSIST OF EVERYTHING IN ADDITION TO THE ROOM CHARGES, I.E., DRUGS, CASTS, DRESSINGS, RECOVERY ROOM. A DAY IN THE HOSPITAL CURRENTLY COSTS ABOUT $250; THE ROOM NOW RUNS ABOUT $105 A DAY; AND THE EXTRAS RUN ABOUT $145. HE NOTED THAT THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM IS SET UP SO THAT 100% OF THE MISCELLANEOUS IS PAID FOR 31 DAYS, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY ALLOWS FOR INFLATION BY FILLING THE GAP AS THE EXTRAS GET MORE EXPENSIVE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT HE CONSIDERS THE BENEFIT PACKAGE AS PART OF THE PAY STRUCTURE, AND WOULD, THEREFORE, LIKE TO KNOW HOW COMPETITIVE WE ARE WITH OTHER COUNTIES BEFORE HE VOTES TO INCREASE THE BENEFITS. HE DID NOT WISH TO MAKE A DECISION ON RENEWAL BEFORE RECEIVING INFORMATION ON THE RATE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES. MR. BROWN NOTED THAT A PROBLEM ARISES IN THAT THE RENEWAL DATE IS .JUNE 15TH, BUT IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.IS JUNE 6TH. MR. BROWN STATED THAT HE COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLANS USED BY MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF STUART, WHICH THE BOARD FELT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY. THE BOARD WISHED TO HAVE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY .JUNE 1ST. WILLIAM KOOLAGE, 815 26TH AVENUE, SUGGESTED THAT THE FINANCE OFFICER LOOK AT THE HOSPITAL INSURANCE POLICY FIGURES, AND MR, BARTON BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF CHANGING THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF THE POLICY TO COINCIDE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR, MR, BROWN FELT THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY ADJUSTING THE ANNIVERSARY DATE AND NOTED IT WOULD GIVE THE BOARD MORE TIME TO STUDY THE FIGURES. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE MORE MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE TO LOOK AT. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO GET THE PROPOSAL FOR OCTOBER IN TIME TO INCORPORATE IT IN THE BUDGET. 12 MAY 2,3 1979 BOOK 40 PACE 300