DATE: July 8, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Agreement with USI Insurance Services, LLC to provide Health and Benefits Consulting Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with USI Insurance Services, LLC, for consulting services related to the County's Health and Benefits Plans, effective July 12, 2025, not to exceed five years, five months, and twenty days, which includes a three-year, five-month, and twenty-day base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $741,115.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action would enable the Department of Human Resources to utilize employee benefit consulting services provided by USI Insurance Services, LLC ("USI"), effective July 12, 2025. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct staff to negotiate an agreement with a different vendor to provide employee benefit consulting services to the County of Fresno (County). However, this would not result in significantly lower costs and would cause a disruption in consulting services to the County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The cost of the proposed Agreement is $130,000 for FY 2025-26 and $741,115 for the full five-year, five-month, and twenty-day term of the Agreement. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Risk Management Org 8925 FY 2025-26 Recommended Budget and future years' costs will be included in the Department's budget requests.
The full cost of the proposed Agreement will be recovered as a component of health and other benefit administration Risk Management Internal Service Fund rates charged to County departments. However, it should be noted that under Agreement No. 21-217 with the current vendor, HUB International, fees have bee...
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