Welcome to the 2007 Open Enrollment Web site

Here’s how your benefits package looks:

Health plans

• HMO
• PPO
• Plan A (for grandfathered retirees)
• Three Medicare Advantage plans for Medicare-covered retirees and their dependents

Dental plans – employee paid

• Dental HMO
• Dental indemnity plan

Supplemental Insurance plans – employee paid

• Cancer
• Hospital
• Accident / disability

Flexible Spending accounts

• Healthcare (new in May 2006)
• Dependent Care

In addition, these plans are offered outside this open enrollment period.

• Life insurance – one-times salary, paid by the city
• Voluntary life insurance – up to four times salary, employee-paid
• Time off, including holidays, vacation, sick, wellness leave, personal days, for most employees
• Long term disability, paid by the city, for most employees
• Pension – valuable defined benefit plan; unique plans for civilians, police and fire classified employees
• 457 pretax deferred compensation savings plan
• Subsidized transportation benefit

What's new for May 2007

	There are no plan design changes.
	Your contributions to the medical plan will change.
	Active employees who cover dependents will begin to pay $20 per month for dependent coverage.
	On January 1, 2007, the City added another Medicare Advantage plan as an option for retirees and their dependents who are covered by Medicare Parts A and B. It is the Aetna Private-Fee-for-Service plan.