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Lucie and Palm Bay, after incorporating an on-site employee health center into their health care <br />plans. Mr. Watson projected that after the first year, Indian River County would net a savings of <br />$937,828 if it institutes the employee health center into its health care plan. <br />Director Sexton observed that the health center would provide a voluntary option <br />to the employees, and was not intended to replace the employees' health care plan. He believed <br />the most important facet of the center was its philosophy of wellness, with a resulting long-term <br />reduction of claims down the road. <br />Administrator Baird felt that the implementation of the employee health care <br />center would provide not only reduction of the County's health care costs, but cost savings and <br />other benefits to the employees. He thereafter responded to Commissioners' questions regarding <br />whether the City of Sebastian or the School District might be interested in joining with Vero <br />Beach and the County; which employees would be eligible to frequent the health center; and <br />what would be the cost benefits to the employees. <br />Mr. Tomlinson responded to Commissioners' questions regarding the services <br />which would be offered at the health care center, and whether prescription drugs would be on - <br />hand. <br />Commissioner Solari appreciated the idea of the health center being a long-term <br />wellness tool, but he also believed that this was a financial decision, and he wanted to see the <br />financial data which was used to arrive at the statistics presented by Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. <br />Watson. <br />Mr. Tomlinson agreed to provide the requested data to the Commissioners. <br />March 3, 2009 38 <br />