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File #: 121687    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/21/2013 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 4/30/2013
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Employee Relations to initiate a request-for-proposal process to select a vendor for group life insurance.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, LIFE INSURANCE
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List
Number
121687
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
071060, 111663, 121686
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Employee Relations to initiate a request-for-proposal process to select a vendor for group life insurance.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Employee Relations to initiate a request-for-proposal process to select a vendor for group life insurance for City employees and retirees.  The benefit shall be designed as approved in Common Council Resolution File Number 121686 and begin January 1, 2014, for a term to be determined in the request-for-proposal process.
Body
 
Whereas, Common Council Resolution File Number 071060, adopted December 11, 2007, authorized a 3-year contract with Standard Life Insurance to provide life insurance coverage for City employees and retirees from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2010; and
 
Whereas, The contract with Standard Life Insurance was extended in Common Council Resolution File Number 111663, adopted December 18, 2012, and is set to expire December 31, 2013; and
 
Whereas, The Department of Employee Relations has recommended a new benefit design in Common Council Resolution File Number 121686, to be acted on concurrently with this resolution; now, therefore, be it
 
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of Employee Relations is directed to initiate a request-for-proposal process to select a vendor for group life insurance for City employees and retirees of the City; and, be it
 
Further Resolved, That the benefit shall be designed as approved in Common Council Resolution File Number 121686 and begin January 1, 2014, for a term to be determined in the request-for-proposal process.
 
Requestor
Department of Employee Relations
Drafter
LRB146236-2
Mary E. Turk
4/18/13