I’m not a Republican but the two speakers on the video were very intelligent and eloquent and it is clear that they care deeply about their City. The City is still young, has a population of only 100,000 and we don’t know if there have been any longstanding complaints about the subcontractors of CHM2Hill
Notice that they DID NOT contract out public safety services but instead did not put them in a “defined benefit plan.” HOWEVER, I understood from the video that they allowed them to have the entire premiums that would have been spent on they and their families’ health coverage deposited in an HSA at their option. Many companies and public entities across the nation will do this, but the amount they will deposit in an employees’ HSA is only a small portion of the actual premium the employee will forego ONLY if they are already covered by another family member.
IMO, this is a HUGE benefit to have the choice to spend your entire “tax free” health-care allotment any way you choose, i.e. chiropractic, holistic health, vision, OTC remedies, high-cost dental procedures and other treatments that insurance won’t cover anyway.
GA is a “Right to Work” state and therefore does not have mandatory collective bargaining provisions for public employees written into their legislation.
OTOH, CA DOES…in SPADES. I don’t believe this degree of outsourcing can be pulled off here unless there is a mass decimation and repeal of a whole host of laws on the books. And it will be a cold day in h@ll when/if that should happen.
