With national focus on the sharply-increasing cost of health care
coverage, the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council facilitated a
multi-jurisdictional Human Resources & Health Care Group. Its members
included human resource managers from public agencies throughout Kitsap
County. Its goal: to find innovative ways to maintain and improve health
and human resource services for public employees while controlling costs
for public agencies.
Health Care Coverage Strategies
In January 2006, the Human Resources & Health Care Group sponsored
a Health Care Symposium. Its question: Would multi-agency purchase of
health care benefits reduce costs and/or improve coverage? Its answer:
There are no easy, short-term "silver bullets", but examples do
exist. Long term solutions require a true sense of partnership among
employees and managers. Its immediate focus: New approaches to wellness
in the work place.
For more information, or to request a DVD of the Health Care
Symposium, call the Regional Council office: (360) 377-4900
The Human Resources Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Brown Bag Lunch Series was open to public agencies throughout
Kitsap County. Luncheons were held quarterly at the Norm Dicks Government
Center and featured speaker panels addressing topics of mutual interest,
experts or guest speakers.
Past panels included:
- HR
Software: October 20, 2005
- Health Care
Benefits Symposium: November
29, 2005:
(available on DVD through the Regional Council)
- Kitsap
County in the "Rain Shadow" of Seattle: Challenges &
Strategies for Employee Recruiting & Retention: March 9, 2006
- Shared
Training Resources and Knowledge Management: May 11, 2006
View the "Knowledge
Management" PowerPoint (pdf).
- Demonstration
of Sungard HR software: May 23,
2006
- Effective
Partnering among Public Agencies September
14, 2006
- The Graying
Workforce January 15, 2007
- Techno-Tools
& Telework June 14, 2007
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