Jacqueline Hart Gibson, Black Hawk. The Black Hawk City Council met May 8, 2019, at 211 Church Street to review and either approve or deny three ordinances and two resolutions. 

The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. with the ringing of the bell.  Hilary Graham filled in as city attorney for the meeting. All council members were in attendance. Following the pledge of allegiance, the agenda was accepted as presented, no conflicts of interests between board members and items scheduled for discussion on the agenda were reported, and the minutes from the meeting held April 24, 2019, were approved unanimously.

The first order of new business was public hearings on the three ordinances proposed to the board. There were no city residents in attendance to comment for or against the ordinances presented. It was reported that these items were primarily housekeeping items. An ordinance amending Section 4-41(a) of the Black Hawk Municipal Code was approved unanimously. This amendment corrected a clerical error regarding the city’s sales tax rate. 

The second ordinance on the agenda was also unanimously approved and involved the signing of paychecks for Gilpin County dispatch employees. The last ordinance, repealing and reenacting Sections 8-1 and 8-2 of the Black Hawk Municipal Code and adopting by reference the 2018 Model Traffic Code, was approved unanimously. The third ordinance essentially updated the Model Traffic Code from 2010 to 2018. 

The first action item on the agenda, resolution 25-2019 approved the contract with Delta Dental in the estimated amount of $107,711 for group dental insurance for city employees. Because more staff have been hired for year 2019/2020, the city was bumped up into a larger group plan, resulting in an 8.2 percent lower premium with no changes in coverage. The resolution was approved unanimously by the board. 

The last resolution, 26-2019, a resolution approving the contract with Kaiser Permanente in the estimated amount of $1,058,342 for group health insurance. The plan Kaiser offered included a 6.7 percent increase, although the city was given a .5 percent discount over what most group plan holders of similar size were offered. The board approved the resolution unanimously. 

There were no reports offered by the city manager or city attorney. There was not an executive session called at this meeting. The meeting adjourned at 3:12 p.m. 

(Originally published in the May 16, 2019, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)