Trumbull commissioners to pay December health premiums as 'reward' to workers

WARREN

Trumbull County commissioners have signed off on giving their 794 employees who use the county’s health insurance one month off from paying their 10 percent contribution to the plan.

The cost each month to an employee using the most popular family plan is $175.18. The cost for the most popular single plan is $63.82, according to the Trumbull County Human Resources Department. Each month, those contributions equal about $106,700, the department said.

The decision was formalized in a letter Monday to Auditor Adrian Biviano.

“With the [employees’] wage freeze for seven years, it’s a reward for service to our employees for doing a good job," Commissioner Mauro Cantalamessa said.

A review of bargaining agreements and Vindicator files indicates that few, if any, county employees went seven years without a pay raise.

Read more about the situation in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.