council meeting - Regular Meeting

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[Music] okay well thanks for having us mizzle is the waste water circuit writer from this area I'm Kelly governor he assisted easy with the alliance of Indiana for water wastewater and you guys remember with us for many years I couldn't even and Kevin was visiting your facility and talking about the apprenticeship program trying to get more licensed operators in the state so we had developed the apprenticeship program it's registered with the Department of Labor and the veterans of papers many workforce development we are also listed on the ETP L which is eligible training provider list it's an in training so there might be some eligible funding that include qualify for how it all came about was five years ago Congress even during one of our conferences and opening sessions asked the question how many of you plan on retire in the next five years over Alliance Indiana water is an affiliate

of national and Water Association and all 50 states in the US are doing so not only does be happy all the other states to do so it took three years to develop the standards of the apprenticeship program and we got ours approved in November of 2017 in the end was a very first date and we signed our first six apprentices up shortly thereafter and as of today's date we have 14 we have I think almost five ready to start it up January 1st and my goal is to have like 15 signed up by June of next year so this because there's such a need we work with contract operators which were wonderful it's just that small rural community sometimes cannot afford the fees that they charge but we work with organ currently that have apprentices at their location and they're working out really ready however if you would have to pay for their fees per month having a contract after hearing more agility I like to share it or not not all utilities name but I like to share that sometimes it's you know thousands of dollars per month and it's something that you need might not be able to afford that so looking into this program certainly might save you and your license operator can train the next generation and license and then I'm sure the clerk the apprenticeship standards and I think we've got it by email correct and I brought another packet with me inside there's an employer acceptance agreement and this agreement states that

you need to come up with a hourly wage for the apprentice based on the completion of the program so the program is two years working underneath the license operator for on-the-job training the 4,000 hours and then from lines 280 [Music] the press would be someone currently working with you or someone high school anybody that you choose they would go through your hiring process to meet your policy requirements of the job duties and you don't they must be at least 18 years of age have a high school diploma

or GED pass a background drug screen and those those are after you get the apprentice hired they need to go through and sign a few forms that we have from them who I put some on social media we do anti harassment training the Department of Labor requires us to do that every year so you had to do that then we'll do orientation we'll give him a six-month training plan from all the classes that you need to attend your online courses everything that needs to be done will work with the mentor which is the operator in charge so when can the skills that he needs to make sure that each train on a daily basis we provided USB pendrive and a document all that they submitted to us once a month and then we can have that on record for our audit for the Department of Labor and IFA and even Finance Authority because we also have never met them as if you're a legal person bugging you could qualify for training up to two years at seven thousand dollars or you can also qualify for some wages do you know what your median household income is for here at the time what is it for teach other car forty seven five that's 2017 most recent one USDA knows it needs to be under forty one thousand based on ten three median household income under forty one thousand seven forty six that's one of three options to qualify for the IFA apprenticeship reimbursement program and that was the

$7000 for the training for the two years which it doesn't cost that aquifer raise taxes the wages for a water apprentice is seventy four thousand one hundred and sixty nine dollars over the two years and four ways water for instance ninety thousand nine hundred and forty wonderful and how they came up with those dollar amounts is they used our 2015 sours survey so we just do a salary survey this year however we didn't have a lot of participants in it so IFA is having to look at those to see if they might just leave it the same or increase it we met with them last Monday we're piloting two utilities right now and the goal was is to start with two for utilities and January but I submitted for five already have five lined up so hopefully they will approve all five of them to be great because there the goal is to help the industry give them all - operators in the state of Indiana that's the first one that the second option is you look for your water they're drinking water utility applications the water user rate must be greater than forty five dollars per month and the wastewater must be greater than sixty five dollars per month and this is all based on 4000 gallons I think third option is is the average annual residential my including commercial user base on 4000 gallons and must exceed one percent of the community

but what's your color right [Music] if you take off all the others and just get down to the water $50.00 from 12 more than fathers so the average annual residential user rate based on four thousand gallons must

exceed one person of the communities $50 a month times 12 the 600 divided by six hundred dollars on your rate so they can be thanked for an apprentice for two years paid for all their training and their wages [Music] yeah oh great maybe set up right now you'd love it so do we have to adjust that to meet your qualifications well you might want to adjust that because I'm not sure that you would find a candidate you want to find a good candidate but it's going to stay here longevity it's a two-year program you want to get him through it you want to live here in the community I just I'm gonna tell you from my experience from learning abilities I take through the whole state of Indiana and I just say for all ages whether he saw that Medina case which is finished okay and then he goes up to another 50

but at the end of 2020 I think it's even uh what would be okay so let's say be apprenticed as a program and they fulfill be 4,000 hours of 80 and the 288 hours of classroom training and they pass their identification what's the weights going to be because that is what we report to the DL and the program is earned my ear in but is along with the apprentice every six months based on a thousand hours is on track they will get a rate increase okay with the way us our ears is the set up right now and every time he gets a certification that's a true person so we have to figure that out but do you think it would still be true though you know what what is the beginning that for apprentices I've seen in 1995 I've seen in wine is

[Music] another ones like not even 800 you just can't and I just like to verbally let people know what's going on and in the end it's not just an every year when we go to one throw we just had a water grilling at Nashville Tennessee and we all communicate [Music] well I will tell you this we posted on social media yesterday because this week is national friendship week we posted on their lucky partnering like I have a funding and all this money and so we had phones ringing off the hook okay I do know that I submitted for Vaughn in January and I have five and already signed in committed I'm actually going to use already they've already texted night until tomorrow morning at nine o'clock because they actually want to sign again I'm hoping to do at least ten to fifteen by June like I said I don't know if this is a one-time thing anything they've never been what commitment this is how making the excitedness only contain we're going to have this employee for know as the decison any kind of concern us it's a huge opportunity that it I would have

never imagined them ever it would be possible Joe Torre's is doing it has anybody any drawbacks now we have the two pilots or loser and targeting tools that we provide on the document for these on how to fill it out and submit it to us we submit I beg I Basin press objective is sponsoring program and if you don't qualify for IFA funding reach out to your local work one because there is something there also get on sand jobs and fill out the forms for the employer did you could get it on the dock training there's a grant for $5,000 per apprentice max employee or employer at $50,000 we're researching all kinds of stuff we meet with legislators we go to be seen we're trying to find one edpa to kind of power it on there all I'm going to do is I'm actually going to interview into the DOL it's called the rapid sea bass and then I'm also going to secure you online [Music] so I'm just going to take a look at like tomorrow they're doing executive session

[Music] you have the option of for fun and there's full reasons new and every county is different for one's funding is all over I found everything one and region 11 in Indiana do not have any region one is the far northwest region is leading all the tracking its monthly ojp the apprentice submits that our weekly except to be mentor which shows me licensed operator and then he fills everything out on Excel spreadsheet saves it any message to us every month and then we do six-month assessments we come on site do six-month assessments to make sure that the apprentice is actually learning what they're supposed to be learning because we need to get a certification it's not just about this plant it you have to be well-rounded to know about all scenarios can you give any kinds of precast yes we did we did a review seven

six agenda with more course depends if it's water or wastewater 107 weeks also even if you don't meet any criteria if we begin to apprentice in here you're just going to have to pay the wages for two years the cost of all the classes around six people now if you hire someone that's a college graduate I don't know if you will or not but if you're lucky I had edited that I had appeared over Lebanon meetings and he is accepting like yeah he won't be interested so you

would like to look at some of the ones that I have because the end is for the medical insurance patients attached there and the videos with anthem and renews n-word first the 2020 the birth plans you see on the front page there is representative the top columns there and that's your current rate and the current

coverages you see go across you have the deductable at 3300 currently on the plan and then the other pocket back to the 3500 when the renewal comes at January 1 due to the ACA rules and regulations and I can't say how they're calculated in anthem or United Healthcare and tell you either it's kind of like workman's comp trying to figure out workman's comp identification factors it's electorial and they base it off of a silver plan and that's the reason the there's changes as far as the out-of-pocket each year the plan will renew with the bottom works as proposed one and the rate increase is going to be 3.2 - no one Lexus Iranian creates the average increase of all small groups with us under 10 employee lives is running eight point eight percent and we're seeing great all the way up to 16 percent and I have a very very small number my groups under five that are getting the lowest increases and say fingers 103.2 - so I'm very happy with that and because of the Affordable Care Act we don't have any strength in going back and asking for number 34 2% or anything it is what it is the way that the laws are but I'm very happy to see a 3.22 and not of 8% or you know what the norm has been or is for this coming year to 2020 with a 3.22 in order to fit the actuarial criteria the outer pocket will change from that top one up there you see for the 3300

already dr. Boll we're single down the bottom that they will see at 3800 so good 3,800 and then can move just the divider top where you see what that means is is that once a single it's $3,300 double everything going into the pot since the prescription drugs your doctor your hospital I have work anything that with the exception of prevented for painting painted and represent networks 100% so for wellness check out for something or their CDL physical and they coded as a wellness as hundred percent doesn't count for that so 3300 are deductible once that's mad the difference between the 5500 just to the right of that and the 3300 that only has to be met that remaining that only has to be happen to current plan if there's four frickin drugs the prescriptions initially go in to hit that deductible but once a deductibles met and any further prescriptions are under the co-pays that you see on the far right column and you don't have any prescriptions that remaining difference between the 3355 doesn't have to be met that counted here so looking back the hospital the doctor time percent saying that 100% there is no 80/20 to this plan the way the current plan is now moving into 2020 because the actuarial with the plan just below that that's what you're switching to because you don't have any choice in the matter on that because your news of that the change that is a deductible goes up to 3,800 and then you have 1500 just like you do any other one and the difference then between that will have to be met in the twenty eighty twenty that parts new

in those areas office visits and patient hospital emergency early care and then the prescriptions then things will be co-pays and they they still come all that difference between the fifty eight thirty so what you're seeing there is in order to hit that difference they pay 20 percent the visit inpatient prescriptions then we contribute toward being that difference in there but that twenty percent is kind of been entered into that factor this year for the for the 2020 in order to hit that difference between fifteen to thirty if they don't have anything after the people and obviously don't have to meet that difference and then once they hit that twenty percent then obviously the prescriptions would be they hit the twenty percent they would have had to hit the professions as well so silly because the match amount of pocket is 58 there's like it would be above 55 so once they hit that maximum year then that 55:38 would come into play which is everything and what many begin is still covered no had asked me to show another option so that maybe they wouldn't have to and that would be the one I kind of highlighted the lab which would be option one and that would reflects a two point seven percent increase in lieu of

the three point two two and in different areas your deductible is 4500 compared to the bernoulli they don't you are in and then the max out of pocket for this would be 55 as opposed to 58 the nice thing about this option is do you think number one it's a little over increase two point seven four but then it takes them back to the zero there's no 80/20 so the difference between that 45 and 55 that thousand dollars would only be met in prescription drugs only so they wouldn't have to worry about an 80/20 and the calculation or anything like that so that very close to what they have now a little lower increasing Karzai goes but I wanted to only keep a simple one to show you another option to kind of keep their out-of-pocket low keep the confusion down and obviously keep the rates up for you to now the vision say the same no rate increase the dental I've been working on the path for a while and was able to get things approved for that and the devil will help offset any increase that you do receive on the medical and the info is on the back pad has been receiving for whatever reason there's been I think what three had three bills head that have been three bills she gets the billing each month for the medical division which are tied together and she gets a billing for the length and accidental death and dismemberment which is a one bill then she gets Helen for the dental and I've been working trying

to get that changed over well they come up with a new dental plan it's an enhanced enhance that with a lot more covers do it they don't really use the other dental plan yawning or those that habitats grandfather Hannah so I talked him into taking a look and approving you for the newer plan and I was able to get the grades down about 20% over what you're paying now if you look at the back page of that one there you'll see the current rate you're paying for the group which I think's 130 130 789 or something to see that right there and your new Rachel in there under 717 on that front page you'll see there so it's a roughly 20% decrease so enhanced coverage is about 20% decrease which is beneficial not only to the town but also to the employees better benefits so with reduce rates there and then whatever your decision would be on another either a 3.22 or a 2.7 for the track deeper plan is close and then the last lastly is I was able to get that down so that whoever takes Pat's position and it happened to have the term hopefully will get it accomplished by that time of more than one day so you won't have to mess with three bills anymore and three different a complication that's a little complication now if you decide that now the devil that we've got improved you don't have to do anything on that were together approve that's not going to affect so that's good under should get

to your radiator and as far as the medical if you would like to do make a change like you don't want to make any changes you don't leave everything the same it is then you don't have doing that just kind of like that's what you're going to do until they change automatically decide you do want to change to bring this alone and we just require I think it's the first one right here highlighted under that 2.74 and all that would require is to check the box as part of the change when you complete this like you gotta pass let me change plans and then if you would like you can either email to the email below and copy me and I think pass would you just take care of it I'd like to have the answer on that if I could and I want me to rush you but at the end of the year everyone looks at a calendar your deductible they have thousands of people with this and I was trying to get mine in to get my employer my employer taken care of so if I can have this by Friday I'll get it in and I'll really have cards in people's hands and plenty of time and it can shred their old ones and then they don't have their new card they can put in effect and just make sure that they any time to go to a new doctor or the same doctor as far as that matter that or a new visit yet they make the change in January that they make sure that they can show their cars to their new providers as well as the parks because if they don't they'll get something back in the pharmacist or the dr. Sunil heavy coverage because they have they're using the old car

I want to talk to you about you guys I'm very bored and I think in any mode if we and you're qualified now for committee 1205 a they're called community don't block variance so you're good from very same one you use when twenty five years and I think it may be tell me we're before formal a dog take a look at doing a water utility study you haven't done any new water system since about 2008 when we got the grant for the water line replacement and you don't what I'm asking for I guess is start the process of looking into it you can actually make a decision we go out there at night but it would allow sounds are you with the representative from role pairs Jerry why would come up see now and tell you about the program which we decided to go the map of the so you only have to pay about ten percent of the total cost from that and that will take a look at things like your water supply your water distribution your water for if your water treatment and we can go through a turning valve I don't think in the tire history pan we went through a thirty two helping the water system we ran on we go through an inventory value in the property I go through a check each fire hydrant that didn't have an isolation valve do a complete assessment take a look at each and every we give you fire full testing which would tell how much each of your audience can flow and adversity take a look at each one of the water meters because I mean there's money out there paper let you snacks replacements you take a look at inventory those if you want to replace those like goosenecks which is a 5000 take a look at water supply I know you've done some water test and on your listing was if you got into the

agreement where this well out here just to the east of town it would take paper an inspection that we wanted to take a look at purchasing that presidential source of water I know a lot of community as well as dried genres one try one Drive green tumble dry so another source of water I'm often go he's warming there wobble we're here more and more people's communities wells are going dry so basically it would take a look at your you take a look at your over your distribution are your treatment system and your Towery well so I'd recommend to town make the motion to investigate going after a pilot study and you can decided this effort was something you wanted to do the money there right now each year they get less and less I don't know you know two three years I have any money to do this stuff so and and the state in July passed another funding source you may have seen that where your median household income is good enough to go out for grant to two different agrarian so if you did do a project at a future you may get $95 percent funding on it but you don't have to the studying just kind of takes a look at and what's going on with your existing system and if there's anything that you know I know one of the things a lot of communities going through touch reading or radio reading news where they would replace all of you don't once what we usually do is be the 20% capacity over that well something happened you have a spare already onboard and they let you do that so the future you may have a bunch of meetings go bad at the same time that's we've never seen that but if you get 20% over capacity and you got them on the shelf to replace them right away that certainly allowed and that would save a lot of time and effort on on Jerry there's probably not too fond getting down the ground and go read anymore yeah why not I can't order get up there with it so with that stat I wanted to recommend it you guys with a vague emotion investigated we could have a meeting

with your and white and see what it takes you would maybe the city you were using pinkie power to grant administrator I recommend you go to $18 to use before you serve good all oh except for a couple grass you heard for 25 years I would recommend maybe we contact her again wouldn't be out anything until you actually decided to go I've heard contact legal counsel no but I'm out we've helped them out we did on their community centers at Curtis okay he was unaware your name okay thanks thank you good evening oh sorry long all right Europe what you got okay we've clearly showed up the other data

probably start back over here as well the it bind a second about sediment in the bottom and they're supposed to be back right and we're gonna need again and that's all I can afford all those orders of water salt routes all to be here tomorrow there's a little bit between 8:00 and 10:00 in the morning so it should be here Barbarossa and that's all I got snowplow we've got it picked it up today I I'm guessing the week got a little issues later like maybe has some air and a line or something I think we'll probably just have to add some more Fallujah to get it to work out we'll call them two more boys see we're taking home RV power 31 how about the soldier emotionally think gary matson had salt with 351 the motion [Music]

all right we'll find out you might be interested about maybe you know didn't shut up for school you know it takes a little while to do all that yeah yeah you know that schooling it sounds great everything but it'd be kind of overwhelming that's because of the job on Tuesday yeah we'll be poor leaves organ we just got to play five just like your dad play-by-play there she wasn't weathers like I think what I'll do I'll big picture take them to pick them up eating the pickup truck we're go ahead and gets the salt box reading put it on the big drunken we're just going to use a small truck for its little wrapper with small trucks and that way we do get the vine we've got the salt box already instead of at them three switch over real quick big hurry that's what I'm actually doing as far as that goes and you know I popped him about working maybe it on a weekend if we if it gets nice and we won't pick up through the week or something we get he didn't have a problem do that just busily sport had fifteen call service six assisting other agencies permit

[Music] than any other ones my mind already blown but I do plan to I'm actually leaving my job dinner that I had expected to I'm going to be in the office over here working with Pat from December 8 on so we met so I'm not totally dumb when it comes to January 1 but she's very good at explaining stuff and I said even though there is trainings I want to know what she knows what she went rayna's I'm not going to trains totally blind I had spoken with Lynette as far as saying is deputy clerk Lynette is actually ready to retire herself and long as soon as I found somebody she would like to retire so Lynette is going to stay through January and train the new person and then I have appointed Camela Dowling as my deputy clerk got that you didn't wear your shoes but is not

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[Music] they are very warm they want to know what will be working to do some of this pretty fundamental but there is a space [Applause] [Music]

we need 400 make the motion that we go up [Music] [Music] yes I see about the period of time between the building it leaves us

basically eight to six business to actually get the paint around my calling so I know historically people write out a check drop it off in the box you know fine and checking now the problem with that is though the town mails the bill box we go down and pick it up and then log on so with the number of business days between Bilson and one of Snoopy's the way I've got around it is I just have the banks a given modern oxide gonna be just send them hard bucks and ship it here I'm gonna see if there's any way would either adjust the due date or get it out before the 31st either way as long as you know the residents have more time we know the level of service we can't with with the customer service that were offered and how we check our bill when you know what the next month's bill Duty is xx because there's going to be time to pilot I'm sure it's been funny the bill