What: Town Policy 117 lets elected officials join the group health and dental plan at the same cost as full-time employees; dependent coverage by payroll deduction. In place since 2007, last updated in 2010.
Where it stands: reviewed against peer towns; staff confirmed the benefits comparison chart. Changes cannot take effect until the new budget is adopted. Benefits are being kept separate from the proposed resident compensation committee.
2026-09-21 - Council Committee Meeting - Committee reviewed the policy text, found council receives no more than staff, and planned to ask the full council whether to keep it separate from the compensation committee's charge.
2026-09-14 - Council Committee Meeting - Members described coverage as health, dental and vision at staff premiums, denied any lifetime benefit, and planned an HR meeting on the $3,500 lifestyle spending account and premium tier (from auto-captions).
2026-09-08 - Council Committee Meeting - Chair took on researching benefits; council pays the same premiums as staff and Policy 117 covers health and dental (from auto-captions).