IV.7. Approval of 2023 Insurance MOU with LELS #143; Lenz CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2023-004
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Ari Lenz, Assistant City Manager
Date: January 3, 2023
Subject: Approval of 2023 Insurance MOU with LELS #143
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO 2023 Insurance MOU with LELS#143.
OVERVIEW
The MOU will approve setting insurance rates with LELS #143 PSOs and is consistent
with other settled unions. The cost of the contract is within the 2023 Budget and the
past precedent for health insurance.
Alternatively, the Council could not approve the MOU which would require staff to
renegotiate and likely lead to mediation or arbitration. This section is a summary of your
item. Feel free to link to previous reports (such as planning commission reports) or
webpages, City Code sections, etc. to provide a clear summary.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
•MOU with LELS#143
Administration
Memorandum of Understanding
Between the City of Hopkins and
Law Enforcement Labor Services, INC. Local #143
2023 Insurance Rates
WHEREAS, City of Hopkins (hereinafter the “City”) and Law Enforcement Labor Services, INC.
#143 (hereinafter the “Union”) are parties to a Collective Bargaining Agreement in effect from
January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the contract included an opener for health insurance for 2023 in Article 15
Insurance; and
WHEREAS, the parties have come to an agreement regarding rate increases for 2023;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the parties mutually agree as follows:
Effective January 1, 2023 the EMPLOYER will contribute the following:
Single $1,117.49
Single +1/ +Children $1,835.26
Single +Children
Family
$1,819.13
$1,866.50
This Memorandum will remain in effect from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
FOR THE CITY OF HOPKINS; FOR L.E.L.S., Local #171
Patrick Hanlon, Mayor Brian Bakeberg, Union
Mike Mornson, City Manager Tim Jeanetta, Union