Employee Benefits

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2025 Employee Benefit Information

View the 2025 Employee Benefits Highlight booklet:

MDLIVE for Cigna

TeleHealth Video


Summary of Benefits & Coverage and Other Annual Disclosures

Cigna Behavioral Information

Cigna Behavioral - Mental Health/Substance Abuse Information

  • Employees covered under the city’s medical plan, also have access to short-term therapy available through Cigna Behavioral
  • Employees & dependents can receive up to five free visits per issue
  • Services are completely confidential and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Cigna Behavioral Health offers many different types of short term therapy, including but not limited to:
    • Financial support
    • Counseling and relationship support
    • Stress, anxiety, or depression counseling
  • Employees can receive treatment in the following ways:
    • Face to Face
    • Telephonic with network provider
    • Tele-video
  • If an employee receives authorization under EAP and the visits are exhausted they can continue care under Cigna’s behavioral health benefits and continue treatment or counseling for a $10 copay.


Employee Health Center

Employee Health Center

Located at 401 Corbett St., Suite 400
Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

To make an appointment, call (727) 298-1788.


Meet the Employee Health Center Staff 

Visit the Employee Health Center website page


Benefit Committee Meeting Minutes

 


Retirement Benefits

Pension

Pension

  • Non-Hazardous Duty Hired prior to January 1, 2013: Thirty years of credited service and any age OR twenty years of credited service and age fifty-five OR ten years of credited service and age sixty-five.
  • Non-Hazardous Duty Hired on or after January 1, 2013: twenty-five years of credited service and age sixty OR ten years of credited service and age sixty-five.
  • Hazardous Duty: Twenty years of credited service and any age OR ten years of credited service and age fifty-five.

457 and 401a

457 Deferred Compensation Plan

401a Money Purchase Pension Plan

Sharyn Hyla
MissionSquare Retirement Plans Specialist
Work: (202) 759-7219
Email: shyla@missionsq.org
Web: www.missionsq.org


Other Benefits

Tuition Assistance & Reimbursement

In response to rising tuition costs and to better help employees who want to advance their education, the city has increased the reimbursement limits. Our intent is to continue to keep up with rising tuition costs for all groups, as contracts are negotiated. Higher tuition offerings and the establishment of a centralized training division are some of the ways the city is supporting you if you want to pursue additional training and/or skills.

Here are some more details on the program. 
Employees can receive up to these dollar amounts per their classification:

  • Classified Non-SAMP: $2,500 per fiscal year
  • FOP Officers: $2,000 per fiscal year; Master's or higher $2,200 per fiscal year
  • FOP Supervisors: $2,000 per fiscal year; Master's or higher $2,200 per fiscal year
  • IAFF: $2,000 per fiscal year; Master's or higher $2,200 per fiscal year
  • SAMP: $2,500 per fiscal year

Tuition assistance will be given for courses offered by technical institutes, trade schools, correspondence schools, accredited colleges, universities, or other approved institutions.

  • All eligibility and procedural requirements of the city must be met to receive tuition assistance.
  • Course attendance must be on an employee’s own time and not interfere with the employee’s regular work hours.
  • Tuition assistance is available to any full-time regular employee who has completed six months of satisfactory service.  
  • An employee is required to personally pay for the course tuition to be eligible to receive tuition assistance.

Employees requesting tuition assistance must obtain an application from their department or the Human Resources Department. After submitting the completed form to his/her supervisor, Human Resources will determine eligibility. Once approved for tuition assistance, the employee must still achieve an acceptable minimum grade to receive reimbursement.

Employee Wellness Programs

Credit Union Membership

  • Credit Union
  • Employees eligible for membership in the City-County Employees Credit Union
  • NO Minimum Balance
  • NO Monthly Service Charge
  • Direct Deposit
  • Certificate Of Deposit
  • Vacation Club/Christmas Club
  • Family Accounts 

Personal and Professional Development Courses

  • Computer Software
  • Supervisory Skills
  • Customer Service
  • and much more! 

Recognition Awards

  • Team Award
  • Volunteer Award
  • Employee of the Month/Year
  • PEER Awards
  • Service Awards 

Cigna Machine Readable Files

This link leads to the machine-readable files that are made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and includes negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to more easily access and analyze data. 


Contact Us

Contact the Human Resources Department with questions about benefits, pension payments or other concerns by calling (727) 562-4870.