DATE: March 17, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Long-term Disability Insurance Benefits for Unrepresented Management Employees
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Standard Insurance Company to provide long-term disability insurance benefits for unrepresented management employees, effective April 1, 2026, not to exceed four years and nine months, which includes a two-year and nine-month base agreement and two optional one-year extensions.
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with approval of the recommended action. The cost of long-term disability (LTD) benefits for Department Heads, Assistant Department Heads, Senior Management, Senior Management Supervisors, and Management employees (collectively, "Unrepresented Management Employees") is included in the annual budgets of the affected employees' departments. Approval of the recommended action will allow Standard Insurance Company ("Standard") to provide Unrepresented Management Employees with LTD insurance benefits. In addition, the proposed agreement will increase the benefit to Unrepresented Management Employees, while lowering the overall cost of the service. The agreement includes a two-year and nine-month rate guarantee, with the ability to maintain the rates for up to four (4) years and nine (9) months if the loss ratio on the policy is below 0.75. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may reject staff's recommendation and select a different bidder. However, this would result in higher fees and a potentially disruptive transition to a new record-keeper for participants in the Plans.
SUSPENSION OF COMPETITION/SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT:
On May 6, 2025, the Board of Supervisors made a finding that it was in the best interest of the County to suspend the competitive bidding process consistent with Administrative Policy No. 34 under the "unusual or...
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