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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing an agreement with Freedom Urgent Care for medical services at the estimated cost of $65,000 for FY 2024.
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DATE: August 20, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Eva Bark, Executive Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Authorize Freedom Urgent Care Agreement
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The City of Killeen is committed to recruiting, retaining, and advancing qualified and competent applicants and employees, and complying with all applicable employment laws. The City of Killeen utilizes Freedom Urgent Care for pre-employment physicals, DOT and non-DOT physicals, DOT and non-DOT drug screening, Worker's Compensation, DOT and non-DOT breath alcohol screening, and various vaccinations if applicable.
Freedom Urgent Care is the only local vendor in the area that performs the required services to meet our specific needs and pre-employment requirements. Freedom Urgent Care has been a partner with the City of Killeen for over six (6) years and has two locations within Killeen and an additional location in Harker Heights, allowing for ample convenience and availability for our employees - current and prospective.
On September 17, 2018, the City of Killeen signed an agreement with Freedom Urgent Care for the services stated above. Budgets are allocated across multiple professional services accounts for each fund. The majority is paid from the Human Resources Professional Services account, number 010-2305-418.47-99.
For FY 2024, the City projected to hire two hundred twenty (220) employees, and we are now projecting closer to three hundred (300) new hires. After the FY 2024 budget was approved, Freedom Urgent Care announced price increases to their services. The most impactful price increase was the pre-employment physicals for Civil Service positions (Police and Fire), these increased by $75 per physical. Based on historical hire data, the City budgeted for fifty-seven (57) Civil Service physicals in FY 202...
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