The following minutes are in draft form and have not been officially approved by the ISDC board of directors.

Call to Order: Chairman Tim Rosandick called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2010.

 

Members Present:  Tim Rosandick, Chad Struhs, Geoffrey Thomas, Melvin Beutler, Jim Cobble, Rulon Ellis and Mike Friend.

 

Members Excused:    Bruce Bradberry and Mike McGuire

 

Staff Present:   Debbie Fausett

 

Guest Present:           Dale Layne, Jerome School District, Region IV

                                    Liz Labrum, Dennis Warren, Blue Cross

                                    Ron Osborne, Western Benefit Solutions

                                   Nate Pierce and Randy Cline, Willamette Dental

                                   Lois Morris and Shelly Staner, Mercer

               

                                            

Agenda Approval: Moved-Geoffrey Thomas; second Jim Cobble to approve the August 4, 2010 meeting agenda.  Motion carried.

 

Consent Agenda Items: Moved—Chad Struhs; second, Geoffrey Thomas to approve the Board minutes of the April 16, 2010 meeting. Motion Carried. Moved—Jim Cobble; second, Chad Struhs to approve expenditures through June 30, 2010. Motion Carried.   Moved—Chad Struhs; second, Geoffrey Thomas to approve the budget report through June 30, 2010. Motion Carried.

 

Corporate Partner and Service Provider Updates:

Willamette Dental

Following the introduction of Willamette Dental’s Chief Marketing Officer, Randy Cline; Nate Pierce provided the Board with the experience report for September 2009 through June 2010.  Membership averages 1,064 employees and dependents with a utilization rate of 62.1%% and cost ratio of 104.88%.

 

Business Psychology Associates:  N/A

 

Standard Life

Ron Osborne reported that Vallivue School District, Culdesac School District and Boundary School District did not renew with the Standard Life insurance

 

Presentation on Claims Audit: (10:00 a.m.) Lois Morris and Shelly Staner, Mercer made a “Managing Health Plan Performance” presentation to the Board.  This was not an action item; informational only. 

 

Lunch Recess: 12:00 Noon

Reconvened:  12:30 p.m.

 

Blue Cross of Idaho

Dennis Warren presented the Board with the income and incurred claims report for the period September 2009-June 2010.  The average number of employees enrolled in the SWS medical and drug insurance program is 18,591.  The report shows an average loss ratio of 91.2%.

Dennis also reported on the renewals for 2010-2011, currently most have signed contracts. Vallivue School District, Culdesac School District, Boundary School District and Minidoka School District have exited the program, while Lewiston School District has returned to the program.

 

Recess:  1:30 p.m.     ISDC Annual Meeting

Reconvene: 1:35 p.m.

 

Unfinished Business:

Elimination of the Traditional Option from the SWS Matrix:  Upon motion made by Mike Friend and seconded by Melvin Beutler, all voted in approval of eliminating the Traditional option from the SWS matrix effective September 2011.

 

Procedures Manual Changes: Upon motion made by Chad Struhs and seconded by Melvin Beutler, all voted in approval of accepting the changes to the Procedures Manual as presented, specific to include policy 203A Surplus Premium Reserve Policy items 1 through 3. 

 

Role of Consultant:  Upon motion made by Rulon Ellis and seconded by Geoffrey Thomas all voted in approval of accepting the job description for actuarial and consulting services as presented. 

 

Life Insurance Proposal:  Ron Osborne presented a proposal(s) to bundle Standard Life with SWS medical plans. Upon motion made by Mike Friend and seconded by Melvin Beutler all voted in favor of tabling this item. 

 

New Business:

OfficeMax Agreement: Upon motion made by Jim Cobble and seconded by Geoffrey Thomas all voted in approval of accepting the print services agreement offered by OfficeMax.  This service will offer discounted pricing on OfficeMax Impress print and document services and will be available to ISDC members. 

 

Board Representation:  Review was made of ISDC board term expirations.  No action needed.  Note was also made that Dale Layne, Jerome School District, Region IV will be replacing Jim Cobble, Camas County School District, Region IV.

 

Staff Reports:

Partnership Contacts and Agreements:  The Board was updated on existing partnership agreements and contact information. 

 

Other Contacts:  Mike reported on the various vendor contact meetings and these vendors’ wish to do business with the ISDC.

 

Other:  Per discussion concerning an evaluation document and/or process for evaluating the executive director; Mike will provide document samples at the next meeting.

 

Adjournment 3:00 p.m.:  Moved-Geoffrey Thomas second Chad Struhs to adjourn the ISDC business meeting.  Motion carried.

 

Next Meeting Date:  TBA

 

 

The following minutes are in draft form and have not been officially approved by the ISDC board of directors.                                       

Call to Order: Chairman Tim Rosandick called the meeting to order 1:30 p.m.

 

Members Present: Tim Rosandick, Jim Cobble, Chad Struhs, Geoffrey Thomas, Melvin Beutler, Rulon Ellis, Mike Friend

 

Excused:         Bruce Bradberry and Mike McGuire

 

Staff:               Debbie Fausett

 

Guests:           Dale Layne, Jerome School District, Region IV

                        Dennis Warren, Blue Cross

                        Ron Osborne, Western Benefit Solutions

 

Minutes Approved- Moved—Geoffrey Thomas; second, Chad Struhs to approve the minutes of the August 13, 2009 annual meeting. Carried.

 

Presentation of Annual Report:  In accordance to Idaho School District Council bylaws, Mike Friend presented the 2009-2010 Annual Report to the Board.  Moved- Jim Cobble; second Rulon Ellis to approve the 2009-2010 Annual Report.  Motion carried. 

 

Election of Officers for 2010-2011: Moved—Jim Cobble, second, Geoffrey Thomas to nominate and cast a unanimous ballot to elect Tim Rosandick as board chairman and Chad Struhs as vice chairman. Carried.

 

Account Signatories:  Tim Rosandick, Chad Struhs, Mike Friend and Debbie Fausett will remain the authorized signatories on the Idaho Independent Bank account.

 

Adjournment: Moved-Melvin Beutler, second-Geoffrey Thomas to adjourn at 1:35 p.m.  Carried.