By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Hays city commissioners will be looking ahead to 2016 during their work session Thursday, Nov. 5

Agenda items include the 2016 Employee Pay Plan and Job Classification–the 2016 budget contains the recommended $2,050 annual pay increase–along with health insurance for next year.

According to Human Resources Director Erin Giebler, after 24 plan designs were reviewed, city staff, with the approval of the Wage and Benefit Committee, recommends providing employees with a dual option plan through Aetna. The Base Plan will be provided to employees and their families at no cost. Employees enrolling in the Premium Plan would pay 8.3 percent of the total premium. The renewal with Aetna for the city’s current plan is a 3.85 percent  increase or $1,862,920.08.

John Braun, Assistant Director of Public Works, will present the 2016 Street Maintenance Program. High-profile projects include the mill and overlay of Hall Street from 27th Street to 41st Street, 27th Street from Englewood to Hall Street, and 27th Street from Sherman to Canterbury, as well as brick repair for a two-block section of Ash Street between 17th Street and 19th Street.

Commissioners will also consider a request to vacate a portion of a drainage dedication in the Golden Belt Estates 3rd Addition, at 4500 Van Buren Drive, and will look at a request of proposal for auditing services.

The complete Nov. 5, 2015, work session agenda can be seen here.

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.