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JUL 161980 <br />aoo� 44 4GE 76 <br />DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LETTER FOLLOWED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT HE HAD BEEN THROUGH QUITE <br />A FEW INSURANCE NEGOTIATIONS AND EACH TIME BLUE CROSS WOULD OFFER <br />SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN SPECIFIED ON THE BID. HE CONTINUED THAT TO <br />SAY THE RULES OF THE GAME ARE NOT FAIR DID NOT SET WELL WITH HIM, <br />THE CHAIRMAN FELT THE BIDDING WAS DONE BETTER THIS TIME THAN AT ANY <br />OTHER TIME. <br />MR. FLYNN THEN POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THE RATE STABILIZATION <br />FUND GOES INTO A CENTRAL POOL WITH BLUE CROSS, WHEREAS OTHER COMPANIES <br />RETURN THE MONEY. <br />MR. ROGERS APPROACHED THE BOARD AND APOLOGIZED THAT COPIES. <br />OF HIS LETTER DID NOT REACH SEVERAL PEOPLE. HE THEN REVIEWED THE <br />LETTER AND STATED THAT THE BID FROM BLUE CROSS HAD NO COMMISSION OR <br />PREMIUM TAXES INCLUDED. MR. ROGERS FELT THAT AETNA HAD UNDERBID <br />BECAUSE OF AN INCOMPLETE PICTURE IN THE SPECIFICATIONS AND THEN <br />REFERRED TO THE -INCONSISTENT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES USED IN THE CALCULATIONS. <br />HE COMMENTED THAT IF THE SPECIFICATIONS HAD HAD MORE COMPLETE PARA- <br />METERS, THEY WOULD ALL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON AN "APPLES <br />FOR APPLES" BASIS - HE THOUGHT IT BEHOOVED THE COUNTY TO EXAMINE <br />WHAT THE PREMIUMS WILL BE OVER THE YEARS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IF WE DON'T USE THE BLUE <br />CROSS BID, THE COUNTY WOULD LOSE THE UNUSED PORTION IN THE RATE <br />STABILIZATION FUND. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS SUGGESTED THAT NEXT YEAR MR. ROGERS <br />COULD LOOK AT THE INSURANCE SITUATION, AND IF ALL THE THINGS HE HAS <br />PREDICTED WILL HAPPEN TO THE AETNA PEOPLE, HE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO <br />COME BACK AND PLACE A BID. HE STATED THAT WHAT AETNA IS OFFERING IS <br />DIFFERENT COVERAGE AND THE COMMITTEE FELT IT WAS A BETTER DEAL THAN <br />WHAT WAS OFFERED BY BLUE CROSS. COMMISSIONER LYONS SUBMITTED THAT <br />THE BOARD HAD HEARD FROM MR. ROGERS AND NOW WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST <br />THE BOARD ACCEPT THE AETNA BID. <br />MR, ROGERS ASKED IF HE COULD RETURN NEXT YEAR WITH A PROPOSAL <br />AND COMMISSIONER LYONS REPORTED THAT HE WAS WRONG IN HIS PREVIOUS <br />STATEMENT, AND THAT THE AETNA BID COVERS THREE YEARS. <br />28 <br />