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Supervisors approve Hamilton County Budget

 Supervisors November 18 2022



Supervisors approve Hamilton County Budget

By PETE KLEIN

LAKE PLEASANT—When the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors met on November 18, it approved the county budget for 2023.

The amount to be raised by taxes makes for a total 2023 Budget of $9,651,620.

Details of the adopted Budget for the year 2023 will soon be made available. It is up by about $314,093 or up about 3.3%.

The board also passed the following resolutions.

PAY INVOICE FOR GOVERNMENT WEBSITE 

WHEREAS, Invoice No. 1 has been received from Catalog and Commerce Solutions, LLC for the new government website, and 

WHEREAS, per Resolution No. 318-22 dated October 6, 2022 the Board created and funded the ARP Act accounts to cover the expenses of this project, be it 

RESOLVED, that the County Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay Catalog and Commerce Solutions, LLC for Invoice No. 2346 in the amount of $5,980, from Account No. A1040.0411 ARP Act, Website. 

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT WITH CARRYOVER 

WHEREAS, the County of Hamilton has adopted and has in existence a “Flexible Spending Account”, and a “Health Reimbursement Arrangement”, and  

WHEREAS, the “Hamilton County Flexible Spending Account and Hamilton County Health Reimbursement Arrangement” has been administered by PrimePay, of 5 Commerce Drive, Cromwell, CT, and 

WHEREAS there have been some issues with processing of claims for the County’s employees due to the compliance requirements that are required, and 

WHEREAS, due to regulations surrounding how Hamilton County will be providing a buyout to employees, a Health Reimbursement Arrangement is prohibited and only a Flexible Spending Account can be offered to those employees, and 

WHEREAS, Lifetime Benefit Solutions, located at 333 Butternut Drive, Syracuse, NY, has made a proposal to the Board to act as Administrator of the “Hamilton County Flexible Spending Account with Carryover”, for all employees, now, therefore, be it 

RESOLVED, that the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors does hereby determine that it is in the best interest of the County to terminate the relationship with PrimePay, of 5 Commerce Drive, Cromwell, CT, effective as of December 31, 2022, and be it further 

RESOLVED, that the County of Hamilton will contract with Lifetime Benefit Solutions, at 333 Butternut Drive, Syracuse, NY, to administer the “Hamilton County Flexible Spending Account with Carryover”, effective January 1, 2023, and be it further  

RESOLVED, that the County of Hamilton will pay an initial one-time setup fee of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) and the sum of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) per participant, per month or a minimum monthly administration fee per plan of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) and an annual discrimination testing fee of Three Hundred Twenty-five dollars ($325.00) to Lifetime Benefits Solution for the services rendered by the Administrator to the County of Hamilton, and be it further  

RESOLVED, that the Hamilton County 2023 Flexible Spending Account will have an annual carryover allowance which is up to the IRS limit, and be it further  

RESOLVED, that the carryover allowance limit for 2023 will be $610.00, and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized to enter into contract with Lifetime Benefit Solutions to administer “Hamilton County’s Flexible Spending Account with Carryover”, which contract shall be subject to the approval of the Hamilton County Attorney, and be it further 

RESOLVED, that the initial one-time setup fee of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00), the annual discrimination testing fee of Three Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($325.00) and the administration charge of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) per participant per month or a minimum monthly administration fee per plan of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) shall be paid from Account No. A1430.410 Cafeteria Plan Admin. and the County Treasurer be so authorized, and Personnel Officer be notified. 

AUTHORIZING COMMUNITY SERVICES TO CONTRACT WITH LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PREVENTION INITIATIVE SERVICES – CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES 

WHEREAS, Community Services has developed a Hamilton County School and Community Prevention Initiative that offers Hamilton County Schools Clinical Social Worker and/or a Resource Officer services at a cost of $10,000.00 per year for one day of each service per week, and 

WHEREAS, Long Lake Central School has agreed to contract for one (1) half day per week of Clinical Social Worker services at a cost of $5,000.00 per year for the July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 school year, be it 

RESOLVED, that upon approval of the County Attorney, Hamilton County Community Services is hereby authorized to contract with Long Lake Central School for the Clinical Social Worker services for a prorated amount of $3,500.00 to be billed in monthly installments of $500.00 beginning December 1, 2022 and end June 30, 2023.


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