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_.I <br /> To meet the Town's obligations of the accounting standards known as GASB 45, the Benefits <br /> Administrator spent countless hours on updating employee and retiree data worksheets relating <br /> to medical and dental benefits. <br /> Also, in keeping up with the new responsibilities under the Massachusetts Health Care Reform <br /> Law, we coordinated an open enrollment period for employees who are not eligible to have the <br /> town's health insurance so that they could choose one of the commonwealth plans and arrange FS <br /> for a payroll deduction. We also fulfilled our filing requirements to DUA under the <br /> Massachusetts Health Reform Act Fair Share Contribution and we continue to meet our <br /> obligation of filing a Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (H.I.R.D.) form with the <br /> Division of Health Care and Finance. <br /> The Human Resources Assistant was appointed as the coordinator for the mandatory ethics <br /> training required by the State Ethics Commission for all public employees. The Benefits' <br /> Administrator coordinated a one-day nutrition workshop on Eating Healthy which was hosted by <br /> a nutritionist from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension program. Human Resource staff <br /> attended Safety Training, a Consumerism workshop which included wellness, better awareness <br /> of health insurance coverage, the cost of health insurance, and retiree plans. The Town hosted a <br /> Smoking Cessation program and hosted the Diabetes Rewards Program. <br /> Staff members also participated in an employer support program through the Army National <br /> Guard. <br /> For the upcoming year, some of our major activities will be to continue make every effort to be <br /> supportive to the administration and employees of the Town, to be fiscally responsible by <br /> continuing to be more involved with Benefits Management, payroll processing, assisting with <br /> updates within the health and benefit arena, and continuing to audit and update policies and <br /> practices to ensure compliance with various collective bargaining agreements and continue to ,; <br /> stay informed of employment laws. <br /> i <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> i <br /> Marilyn Farren <br /> Human Resources Director <br /> • Y <br /> L <br /> I <br /> 135 <br />