Personnel Committee Meeting 10-19-2026 - 6 PM

The City of Franklin, Wisconsin Personnel Committee met October 19, 2026. It reviewed the 2027 employee-benefit renewals, including medical, dental, prescription, vision, life, and disability coverage. The benefits representative attributed the principal increase to stop-loss coverage: fixed costs were discussed as increasing about 41.8%, with approximately $437,000 annually cited and a $110,000 individual stop-loss threshold. Other coverage components were largely unchanged under rate guarantees, and no plan-design changes were proposed. Employee contributions would rise at the same rate as the City’s; the wellness-discounted monthly single contribution was listed as $113.75, compared with $157.58 without the discount. The committee approved forwarding the renewal and related agreements for Council action, including authority for the administration director to finalize and implement them. No vendor selection or contract award was identified.

The committee also approved recommending a correction to retiree health-insurance eligibility so the 15-year service threshold applies consistently to the previously omitted fire command staff and non-represented employees; the annual cost was not available during the meeting. Other discussion covered a proposed performance-review process for non-represented staff, upcoming fire-department contract negotiations for 2027, and recruitment vacancies. No procurement decisions were identified for those additional topics.