R22-069KK - Dental Plan Network & Administration

The City of Colorado Springs is a public entity servicing the needs of the citizens of the Colorado Springs and desires to provide a variety of high quality yet affordable benefit programs for employees, dependents and retirees.

Citizens elected to change the form of City government in November 2010. In the new municipal structure, the Mayor is the city government's chief executive and the City Council is its legislative branch. The Mayor is not a member of the City Council, but may participate in City Council meetings. The Mayor proposes a City Budget and the Council approves or changes it. The City Council is Colorado Springs' legislative body. It sets policies, approves budgets, establishes tax rates and passes ordinances and resolutions to govern the city.

The City contracts with the various benefit vendors for the self-insured medical/Rx and dental programs as well as, vision and other insured programs.

Financial reporting on the self-insured plans requires reporting data for both medical/Rx and dental as well as consolidated reporting. The current eligibility management, operations and administration are handled by the City for their employees and eligible members. The City uses PeopleSoft for payroll and Employee Self-Service for employee access and open enrollment activities.

The City has over 2,550 active benefit-eligible employees, and approximately 50 retirees enrolled on medical/Rx and an additional approximate 500 retirees enrolled in dental and vision coverage.  The average age of the City’s population is 43 years, and the 2021 turnover rate was 13.75%.