Mobile, Alabama. (WALA) Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpon proposed salary increases for city employees, but also an increase in insurance premiums. Stimpson says the rise of the insurance is justified.
"... If you compare what other cities do what the private sector that happens the market., This is definitely the Market", Stimpson said.
If the proposed budget is passed, Stimpson, from January 2015, all current city employees pay 20% of the cost of health care and the city would pay 80%. This represents an increase of around 16% of the employee to pay now. All new employees should pay more. New hires 40% of the city 60% of the cost of health care.
Compares FOX10 News to Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham and Biloxi prices. This is what we found.
Fairhope City pays 100% of the cost of health care for all employees.
Montgomery's move to the city to cover the costs of health care, an employee of 34% pay 66%. In Biloxi City pays 100% of the cost of health care for the individual employee. For families, you pay 96%.
Finally, in Birmingham, there are a number of rates for employees of the city.
Singles: City pays 75%
Employee plus one: The city pays 66%
Family Types: City pays 60%
The measures proposed by Stimpson for new city employees sentences to live up to what prices are Birmingham for a family. In terms of speed the 80:20 proposal of the four cities FOX10 News investigation, the only cities that Fairhope Biloxi to beat Payment of fees and almost 100% of the bill.