Item 33 Passedunofficial
In plain language — from the agenda backup
This item authorizes a contract with Health Care Service Corporation, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, to administer the city's self-insured dental plan for its employees. The deal runs an initial three years with up to two additional one-year extension options, and it matters because it's how City of Austin workers get their dental coverage managed. The contract carries a not-to-exceed amount of $2,836,000, with $404,500 of that contingent on approval of the FY 2026-2027 Austin Human Resources operating budget and the rest dependent on future budgets.
The official agenda language
Authorize a contract for self-insured dental plan administration services for Austin Human Resources with Health Care Service Corporation d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, for an initial term of three years with up to two 1-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $2,836,000. Funding: $404,500 is contingent upon approval of the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget of Austin Human Resources. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
"Without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
- Scott Cobb urged that dental benefits be restored for temporary employees working under 30 hours