Benefits FY 23-24
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- Health Insurance – Health insurance coverage is paid 100% for all employees and subsidized cost for dependents.
- Vision Insurance – Vision insurance coverage is paid 100% for all employees.
- Dental Insurance – Dental insurance coverage is paid 100% for all employees.
- Life Insurance – The City provides basic Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment life insurance through Renaissance. The policy will pay your beneficiary $30,000 for the employee, $5,000 for the spouse, and $2,000 for children up to age 25 years of age.
- Retirement: Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
- 5% - 2 to 1 match
- Vested at 5 years of service
- Retire after 25 years of service in TMRS
- Supplemental Death Benefit of $7,500
- Vacation – Employees accrue vacation based on years of service (see the below schedule). Employees cannot carry more than 160 hours (20 days) into the following calendar year.
- 0-9 Years of Service is 12 days (8 hours/month)
- 10-14 Years of Service 15 days (10 hours/month)
- 15+ Years of Service 20 days (13.34 hours/month)
- Sick – Sick leave is accrued at 8 hours per month (96 hours per year). Maximum sick leave accrual is 120 days (960 hours).
- Holidays – The City pays employees for 11 holidays per year: New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day
- Longevity – After three years of service, receive longevity pay at a rate of $4 per month for each year of service.
- Child-Care – The City of Navasota has partnered with Navasota ISD and their Lil’ Rattler Academy to offer city employees with children needing day-care to participate in the NISD Lil’ Rattler program at a reduced cost to the employee. The city would pay a) ½ cost for the first child, and b) ¼ cost for the second child. No subsidized cost for more than two children; employee would be required to pay full cost for more than 2 children.
- Voluntary 457 Retirement Plan through ICMA
- Voluntary Texas Life Permanent Life Insurance
- Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Accident Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)/ Dependent Care FSA
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Parental Leave
- Catastrophic Leave
- Certification Pay