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Home My WebLink About16446 • 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,446 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER 4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF ARKANSAS, 5 INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION, FIVE 6 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00), TO PROVIDE 7 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 8 JANUARY 1, 2025, TO DECEMBER 31, 2025; AND FOR OTHER 9 PURPOSES. to 11 WHEREAS,the City offers Group Dental Insurance for City employees and their dependents;and, 12 WHEREAS,in October 2020,due to the rising costs of a Fully-Insured Dental Plan,the City decided 13 to move to a Self-Insured Dental Plan with Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas,Inc.,providing the Administra- 14 tive Services only; and, 15 WHEREAS,the basic cost for employee coverage, including administration and claims service to the 16 City is not to exceed One Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars($1,500,000.00)for 2025;and, 17 WHEREAS,Resolution No. 15,327(October 20,2020)authorized the initial term of the contract with 18 Delta Dental for 2021,with the option to extend the contract for six(6)additional one(1)-year terms;and, 19 WHEREAS,the contract term for 2025 represents year five(5)of a potential seven(7)-year term. 20 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CTTY OF 21 LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 22 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas, 23 Inc., for Administrative Services only for the period of January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, for an 24 amount not to exceed One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) for employee 25 coverage,including Administration and Claims Service,for a one(1)-year period. 26 Section 2. Funds for this contract are included the 2025 budget line item for Group Dental Insurance 27 accounting units#100000,#101003,and accounts#21220,#53200. 28 Section 3. Severability. In the event any portion of this Resolution is declared or adjudged to be 29 invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this 30 Resolution,which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or 31 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this Resolution. 32 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which are in conflict with 33 any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. [PAGE 1 OF 2] 1 ADOPTED: October 2,2024 2 ATTEST: APPROVED: 3 • 4 AILIWA 5 Allison Segars,Ac _ . .' ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., 6 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 7 8 / , 4,„I 9 yn a Perez,Chief I 10 City Attorney 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // [PAGE 2 OF 2]