Comal County Corrects Right-of-Way Rules, Grants Two NBU Easements

Commissioners also approved the county employee health-plan renewal effective Oct. 1. The minutes record a 20% increase in total fixed costs excluding prescription rebates, a 25% increase in specific stop-loss rates and a 5.53% increase to the coverage-tier structure. Listed biweekly increases range from $6.35 for employee-and-child coverage to $19.16 for family coverage; the plan structure, deductibles, copayments and coinsurance remain unchanged.

On public health, the court ratified a county request to the Texas Department of State Health Services for possible Ebola surveillance and monitoring funding. The public-health director described the submission as a placeholder for federal money and said the state expected to prioritize jurisdictions with more people under monitoring. The minutes record that the county had not received information about whether matching funds would be required.

Other unanimous actions renewed employee-paid dental, vision, life, disability, accident, hospital, legal and medical-transport benefits. Commissioners approved flexible-spending administration with a $3,400 health-care contribution limit and a $7,500 dependent-care limit, appointed Shawn Hassold as a reserve deputy constable and transferred money for visiting judges, a copier lease, jail medical services, a storm-damaged concession-stand roof and Animal Control overtime.

The corrected Title 4 rules now accompany Order 566, while the Oct. 1 benefit renewals and any state decision on the Ebola funding request are the next implementation points to watch. Readers can inspect the official agenda for the numbered proposals and the final minutes for each recorded motion and vote.