Remarks by Marcos Villanueva
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Colleagues on the commission, good to go. Yes, sir. Staff. All right. Carmen, let me get an agenda, if you don't mind. Pass that this way. You don't gotta get up, just pass it this way. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right. Meeting date, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 at 5 p.m., Cochise Chambers, 500 Southwest 109 Avenue. Roll call, Madam Clerk. Thank you. Please stand for the invocation. Would anybody like to give the invocation? All right? Let's bow our heads. In Jesus' name I pray. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for granting us the gift of life, the gift of family, the gift of…”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you all for coming. Item four, public comments. Madam Clerk? Seeing no public comments, item five. A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sweetwater selecting employee benefits insurance policies for fiscal year 2026-27, providing for authorization and providing for an effective date. Mayor Diaz, you have the floor.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Take a picture of it. Magnifier right here.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Do me a favor, explain that again as if I was my six-year-old child.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Got it. So my question is, because you said prescription, so I want to make sure we're on the same page. If I take a monthly medication on diabetes, And that prescription is normally a hundred dollars. I don't know how much diabetes medication is. If anybody knows, let me know. Just give a number. You're saying the employee is going to pay $50.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“And that is, how many options is that offering? Or is that just the option?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Got it. Now, we requested that you present us with, what did you say, max?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“No, it wasn't my question. My question was, I asked you to present us with options to give the employees the same benefits that we had.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So curative is the only one that did that. Correct.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“And what does that look like? For admin, what does that look like?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“I keep saying it right. Let me just throw in a question so I don't lose my frame of mind here. So Abbott's proposing, just so I understand, because I have alternate 2A, alternate 2B. Alternate 2A is 2.926968 gross annual cost. It says minus 7.4%. What does that mean? Minus 7.4% of all the other bids?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Got it. And then alternate B is $3 million. What is the difference between 2A and 2B, please?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“No, I understand that. Forgive me, I should have asked a more direct question. The modification specifications are, what are they? What do they change?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, so when you go to a doctor, when you go to your primary care physician, instead of $50, it's $20.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Because you said primary, what does that mean?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Good, so your primary care physician is $10. Correct. And a specialist is $20. Correct. Good, so they lowered it. And prescription drugs were what, and what are they now?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“And what does that mean, $10, $25, $40, $80?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“I've never heard you be loud. Okay. Does anybody want to step in? Because I'm going to keep firing. Does anybody need to step in? If you do, let me know. No, go ahead. I'm going to keep cranking away.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, so if an employee goes to the urgent care, how much is it?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, and if an employee has to stay in the hospital overnight?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So the difference between the 2A and the 2B, the 2A is what they originally proposed and 2B is what they're proposing today? Correct. And to lower that cost, it would be an additional 1% on the $3,022,000? Between both programs.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Does that mean that all other deductibles lower as well, you know, it's still it's still a $500 deductible correct just the year. So from 2.50 to 100. All right, so that's going to cost us an additional $30,000 a year is a 1% or 1.5% so 1.5. So it's going to be a 40 so it's going to be 45 so it's going to be Hold on, hold on. I know you guys are helping, but just hold what you got. So we're talking about an additional $45,000 a year, more or less.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Got it. Just an out of the head. Is that accurate? Good. You're doing great. Okay. That's interesting. Does anybody have any questions pertaining to that? No? Does anybody have any other questions pertaining to admin? Is there anything you want to say about admin?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Uh, question. If I can interject the other floor, go ahead. So Does United currently offer that? Yes. In our current plan?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026