Saturday, November 2, 2013

Hinds County Supes eat health insurance increase

The Hinds County Board of Supervisors had a spirited discussion over what to do about a 13% increase in health insurance premiums.  They voted to have the county pay for the increase so employees would not see a rise in premiums. Here is the video.


11 comments:

Anonymous said...

That dumbass overtime they're paying at 'The Park In Nowheresville' would have helped pay for the offset.

(Black Madison County SUV in Kroger 463 parking lot at 11 a.m. This is illegal use of County vehicle.)

Anonymous said...

@12:07pm Although both boards are both corrupt and wasteful, the article is about HINDS, not Madison County, so your suggestion doesn't apply.

Anonymous said...

what hinds county pays for insurance (600-700 per month per employee) can be bought from the same carrier (UHC) off the web for half that amount-same plan.....wonder why?

The Libertarian said...

Aaaand, that would likely have been the EOC director, which, if that's the case, it would behoooooove the county and the taxpayers for him to be in his response vehicle regardless of where he was going.

Lloyd said...

Since they voted for Bennie and Barack put everyone, including themselves,on Obamacare. Give each employee an additional $300/month to cover the cost and the BOS could wash their hands of health insurance. After all, that Obamacare is great insurance!

Anonymous said...

2:44 the EOC director drives a white SUV with a blue emblem on the doors. The black SUV in question is the county vehicle assigned to supervisor Karl Banks. Also the Madison County Supes are allowed to drive their county vehicle anywhere they want to in Madison County during regular business hours or not.

Anonymous said...

It was NOT the vehicle driven by the EOC guy! Karl Banks has no business doing his family grocery shopping in the county vehicle. If he drives the vehicle on personal business he is supposed to charge a portion to personal use and handle the taxes accordingly. That's bullshit that he is allowed to use it 24/7 for personal business. And ElvisTim still drives a black crown vic stripped of county insignia with blacked out windows which is also illegal.

Anonymous said...

Madison PD were doing something at Kroger. Saw lots if cops in and out there today.

Anonymous said...

And ElvisTim still drives a black crown vic stripped of county insignia with blacked out windows which is also illegal.

Gotta admit that's a real cool looking car. Cue the Batman theme song....

Anonymous said...

Maybe Karl likes to eat early and was just at Kroger getting him a plate lunch, you know, eating cheap on the taxpayer's dime. Or maybe he was buying snacks for the concession stand at the new park. Putting those 3 folks to work.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of the Madison County BOS and the park to nowhere...from the Madison Journal:

http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=27601

Spending analyzed for new park

More than $430,000 has been spent on engineering services for a new park in sparsely populated northern Madison County since January 2010.

To date, $892,954.54 has been spent on the Sulphur Springs Park, with engineering fees being the largest expense, followed by the actual purchase of the land.

Records show that since the purchase date, Warnock & Associates has billed the county for services for 33 of the 36 months, with prices ranging from as low as $157.50 in March 2011 to as high as $48,318.76 in September 2013.



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