# 09/28/26 Study and Formulating Committee

The Metro Nashville Network's Study and Formulating Committee met on September 28, 2026, to discuss potential modifications to the city's employee medical plans and pension benefits. Key procurement-related discussions focused on proposed changes to the medical plan designs, including raising out-of-pocket maximums and deductibles to create a lower-cost medical plan option for employees. The committee reviewed actuarial analyses and cost impacts of these changes, emphasizing the need to modify contribution rate language in the municipal code to allow for a lower employee contribution rate, which is essential for implementing the new lower-cost plan. The committee voted to recommend modifying the contribution language to ensure active employees, disabled pensioners, and retirees hired before 2013 have a Metro contribution of at least 75% and employee contributions not exceeding 25%. Additionally, the committee considered pension benefit improvements, including expanding public safety pension provisions to certain supervisory roles in the sheriff's office and the Office of Emergency Management, with actuarial cost estimates provided. The discussions highlighted the balance between benefit richness, cost containment, and recruitment/retention challenges. No immediate contract awards or RFPs were mentioned, but the policy recommendations could influence future procurement and benefit administration activities.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Professional Services, Public Safety
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance, Grants & Funding
**Published:** September 28, 2026

### Sources
- [09/28/26 Study and Formulating Committee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9ZUDd3joA) - Metro Nashville Network