This is a request to accept a contract from Crawford and Company to act as the City's managed care provider under the State's Worker Compensation Program. Ill. Unfortunately, the City has sent Willis Corroon's Managed Care Program to the State twice for approval but, it has been rejected each time. This is just one of the problems that led the City to want to change Third Party Administrators. As such, the staff looked at the program Crawford and Company has in place and which has been previously approved by the State and found it to be acceptable. This contract is for one year and is at a per claim cost.
Staff recommends approval.
For the past 4 years the City has taken advantage of dealer excess State Contract or Sheriff Contract Police vehicles thus avoiding new model year price increases. Don Reid Ford of Maitland is the authorized local distributor on both the State and Sheriff Department Contracts and has advised the City that several vehicles meeting our requirements will be available again this year. Finance has reviewed and approved the purchase request from the Police Department. In the past, evaluations have been done the last Tuesday in the month of August. Both board members were appointed to fill vacancies that expire August 1997.