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~~ January 3, 2006 The Mooresville Tawn Council met in regular session on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 6:30 P.M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. Town Couneil members present were: President Tom Worthen, Eric Shields, Toby Dolen, John L. Clark, and Troy Bryant. Town Attorney, Tim Currens was present. Gene Deverick, Crrace Church, gave the prayer. A motion was made by Councilman Clark, second by Councilman Shields to approve the minutes of the, December 2, 2005 meeting. Motionn carried S-0. The first item on the agenda was the reorganization of officers. A motion was made by Councilman Dolen, second by Councilman Clark to re-elect Tom Worthen as Council President for the year 2006. Motion carried 4-0. President Worthen abstained from the Vote. The next item was the Transfer of Funds Resolution, submitted to the Council by Clerk- Treasurer, Sandra Perry. This was to make necessary transfers in the 2005 budget line items to ensure available funds for encumbered P.O.'s in 2006. A motion was made by Councilman Clark, second by Councilman Dolen to approve Resolution 1-2006, for the transfer of funds. Motion carried S-0. In other business, Councilman Shields presented the Council with ahand-out outlining his progress in developing a wellness initiative far Town employees. He has named this project "Mooresville WINS", with the acronym for WINS being "Wellness Initiative Net Success". He is proposing that the Council develop an incentive program to the employees that would promote better health among them. He has consulted with others in the healthcare and insurance professions, as well as the Police and Fire Chiefs to evaluate local needs and develop incentives to encourage participation. He is suggesting options which include developing a wellness committee made up of department members with assistance from healthcare professionals, insurance providers, etc., organizing a health fair administered by St. Francis Hospital for employees, and other options that are available to Police and Fire personnel through professional and labor organizations and services provided by Public Safety Medical. He also included an information sheet from Core Fitness. They offer a 30% discount to police and fire personnel and have given Councilman Shields. a verbal offer to extend the discount to all Town employees. He is proposing that the Council agree to contribute another 30% from the Town. Councilman Bryant asked if there would be any benefit to the Town in the way of decreased insurance costs by having a program like this. President Worthen stated that when he and Councilman Shields met with Dean Mayfield and a gentleman from Coresaurce, it was mentioned, and although the representative from Coresource would not say that they would give a discount far having this program, they indicated that there could be benefits from the re-insurers seeing that we had a program and knowing that it would limit their liability. Councilman Shields stated that there were other benefits as well, such as less time off work, and a deduction in insurance claims due to better health of employees. Mark Harris of the Police Department asked the Council if anyone had considered establishing the Town's own work-out facility instead of using an outside facility. Councilman Shields stated that while that has been considered, he felt that there were issues with where to have it, how the employees would gain access and the liability involved with having that type of facility and with a business opening just down the street, there were more benefits to going there. Mr. Harris was concerned with the hours of business and how employees working other shifts would be able to ga. Councilman Shields painted out that the hours at Core Fitness were 5:00 A.M. to 11.:00 P.M. President Worthen stated that this was a good start and depending on the amount of participation, we could consider getting our awn facility later an. The Council members agreed that they were supportive of the idea of developing a wellness program and wanted Councilman Shields to pursue this further; however Councilman Bryant stated that he would not support paying marries out of the Town budget to subsidize gym memberships for employees and wanted to explore other options of funding the progrann.