January 2018 - CORSA-broadcast

Utilities Director Salary
by Porter, Jeffrey David Jan. 31, 2018

Jan. 31, 2018

All- If you have a Utilities Director- (Water and Sewer) what is the current salary for the position? Thanks much- Jeff Jeffrey D. Porter Fairfield County Director of Human Resources and Risk Management 210 E. Main Street, Room 106 Lancaster, OH 43130 740-652-7895 jeffrey.porter(a)fairfieldcountyohio.gov<mailto:jeffrey.porter@fairfieldcountyohio.gov>

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Inclement Weather Policy
by Pamela Davis Jan. 30, 2018

Jan. 30, 2018

We are reviewing our Inclement Weather Policy and would like feedback from other counties on how employees are compensated when the decision is made to close offices either for the day or early due to inclement weather. Muskingum County's policy currently indicates that for Level 1 and 2 Emergencies, offices will remain open and employees are expected to report to work. If an employee doesn't report to work, they will use vacation, personal, or compensatory time or take the day/time as unpaid. Level 3 Emergencies the offices are closed and employees will be paid. On January 12th, some of our county offices closed early due to the anticipated weather conditions but we were not under any Level Emergencies at the time of closure. Commissioners made the decision to pay employees for the time that they would have been scheduled to work had the office not closed. I would appreciate feedback and/or copies of policies to review. Thanks everyone! Pam Davis Muskingum County Human Resources County Courthouse 401 Main Street Zanesville, OH 43701 Phone: 740-588-4371

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Regional Airport Authority
by Michele Long Jan. 25, 2018

Jan. 25, 2018

Counties that appoint trustees to their Regional Airport Authority Board do they have to be a resident of the county that the airport is located in. THANKS Michele Long Clerk, Guernsey County Commissioners mlong(a)guernseycounty.org 740-432-9205 ********** Confidentiality Notice ********** This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are confidential and are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) identified above. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the receiver of this information is not the intended recipient, or the employee, or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, reading, dissemination, distribution, copying or storage of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the electronic transmission, including all attachments from your system. All electronic transmissions sent to and from this domain (guernseycounty.org) are archived and may be viewed by other parties than the intended recipients.

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Sexual Harassment Prevention Webinar
by Elizabeth Miller Jan. 19, 2018

Jan. 19, 2018

To all CORSA Loss Control Coordinators and members of the CORSA Broadcast Email: Last week CCAO sponsored a webinar "Top 10 Dos and Don'ts of Sexual Harassment - An Employer's Perspective" presented by Marc Fishel of Fishel, Hass, Kim, Albrecht and Downey. Marc offered excellent practical advice for today's workplace. We are providing you with the link to the recorded webinar and PowerPoint. Please feel free to share this link with your elected officials, department heads and management staff. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1394160241315357187?assets=true If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or another member of the CORSA staff. Thanks, Beth Elizabeth G. Miller, Esq. CORSA Claim and Litigation Manager 209 East State Street Columbus, OH 43215 emiller(a)ccao.org<mailto:emiller@ccao.org> direct dial 614-220-7989 toll free in Ohio 888-757-1904 fax 614-220-0209 www.CORSA.org<http://www.corsa.org/> "The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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Re: [CORSA-broadcast] HSA Employer Match / Employer Amounts
by Nancy Ostrander Jan. 8, 2018

Jan. 8, 2018

Hi all, As follow-up to my earlier email, what are your HDHP/HSA contribution amounts, if you didn’t already include in your response? It’s looking like Erie County is at the low end compared to what others are offering. Erie County $400 single $800 family Muskingum County Employee Only = $820 * Employee + 1 = $1,475 * Family = $2,140 Butler County $600 to single HDHP All other tiers of HDHP receive $1,200. Thank you, Nancy Nancy A. Ostrander, MLIS, CLRP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Director, Human Resources Board of Erie County Commissioners 2900 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH 44870 Ph: (419) 627-7662 Fax: (419) 627-7599 Erie County Department of Human Resources * Personnel Administration * Risk Management * Workers' Compensation * Benefits Administration * Wellness * CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or Protected Health Information (PHI) which is personal information about an individual’s health care. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution or transmission of the PHI without the individual’s consent is strictly prohibited and may subject you to penalties under federal and state law. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments. ________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: "Nancy Ostrander" <nostrander(a)eriecounty.oh.gov<mailto:nostrander@eriecounty.oh.gov>> To: "CORSA Broadcast Email" <corsa-broadcast(a)corsa.org<mailto:corsa-broadcast@corsa.org>> Date: 01/05/18 07:36 AM Subject: [CORSA-broadcast] HSA Employer Match Good morning and Happy New Year everyone! For those of you that offer a high deductible health plan and offer an HSA contribution or match incentive, when do you deposit the employer contribution/match e.g., annually, quarterly, per pay? We currently deposit the full employer match into the employee's account in January so employees have those funds to use throughout the year (as an incentive to join the HDHP rather than the County's PPO plan). However, there has been "grumblings" that employees' take the employer match and run before actually contributing their employee portion of the match (which is deducted each pay period). For example, if an employee resigns in February , they haven't made their required employee match. While our records show that this has happened on rare occasions, the suggestion on the table is to be pro-active and to ensure that exposure is limited by spreading the employer deposit out over the course of the year - semi-annually, quarterly, or even monthly. Makes sense, but wanted to check with you all on your process. All comments are welcome. Thank you, Nancy Nancy A. Ostrander, MLIS, CLRP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Director, Human Resources Board of Erie County Commissioners 2900 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH 44870 Ph: (419) 627-7662 Fax: (419) 627-7599 Erie County Department of Human Resources * Personnel Administration * Risk Management * Workers' Compensation * Benefits Administration * Wellness * CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or Protected Health Information (PHI) which is personal information about an individual's health care. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution or transmission of the PHI without the individual's consent is strictly prohibited and may subject you to penalties under federal and state law. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments. ________________________________ _______________________________________________ CORSA Broadcast Email To unsubscribe, go to http://corsa.org/mailman/listinfo/corsa-broadcast_corsa.org

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HSA Employer Match
by Nancy Ostrander Jan. 5, 2018

Jan. 5, 2018

Good morning and Happy New Year everyone! For those of you that offer a high deductible health plan and offer an HSA contribution or match incentive, when do you deposit the employer contribution/match e.g., annually, quarterly, per pay? We currently deposit the full employer match into the employee's account in January so employees have those funds to use throughout the year (as an incentive to join the HDHP rather than the County's PPO plan). However, there has been "grumblings" that employees' take the employer match and run before actually contributing their employee portion of the match (which is deducted each pay period). For example, if an employee resigns in February , they haven't made their required employee match. While our records show that this has happened on rare occasions, the suggestion on the table is to be pro-active and to ensure that exposure is limited by spreading the employer deposit out over the course of the year - semi-annually, quarterly, or even monthly. Makes sense, but wanted to check with you all on your process. All comments are welcome. Thank you, Nancy Nancy A. Ostrander, MLIS, CLRP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Director, Human Resources Board of Erie County Commissioners 2900 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH 44870 Ph: (419) 627-7662 Fax: (419) 627-7599 Erie County Department of Human Resources * Personnel Administration * Risk Management * Workers' Compensation * Benefits Administration * Wellness * CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or Protected Health Information (PHI) which is personal information about an individual's health care. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution or transmission of the PHI without the individual's consent is strictly prohibited and may subject you to penalties under federal and state law. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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Winter Weather Hazard - Freezing and Bursting Pipes
by Jim Hale Jan. 4, 2018

Jan. 4, 2018

CORSA members have experienced all too many high severity losses due to freezing and bursting pipes. In fact, freezing/bursting pipes in the aggregate accounts for much of our yearly property losses as a pool. To help address this peril the attached document contains additional information on this all too common loss for our members. Extracted from the document: "Surprisingly, ice forming in a pipe does not typically cause a break where the ice blockage occurs. It's not the radial expansion of ice against the wall of the pipe that causes the break. Rather, following a complete ice blockage in a pipe, continued freezing and expansion inside the pipe causes water pressure to increase downstream -- between the ice blockage and a closed faucet at the end. It's this increase in water pressure that leads to pipe failure. Usually the pipe bursts where little or no ice has formed. Upstream from the ice blockage the water can always retreat back towards its source, so there is no pressure build-up to cause a break. Water has to freeze for ice blockages to occur. Pipes that are adequately protected along their entire length by placement within the building's insulation, insulation on the pipe itself, or heating, are safe." James Hale, ARM-P, ARM-E, CPSI Risk Control Consultant County Risk Sharing Authority 209 East State Street Columbus, OH 43215 614.246.1630 FAX 614.220.0209 " The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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