The County offers benefits program with a robust array of traditional benefits such as health care, dental care, and a retirement plan. In addition, the County also offers a wide range of wellness and family benefits to attract, support, and reward a dedicated workforce.

The benefit package includes plan information and eligibility for dependents/domestic partners. For more information see the links below. Employees may also contact the Human Resources Department for more details.

You will submit your benefit elections via Munis ESS as a New Hire. Human Resources will review your election, and we may ask for more information if necessary. Once your selections are approved, we will send them to the payroll, and our benefit providers will make your benefits active. This process can take up to a week or more, depending on how long you provide the requested information.

When processing is complete, you can log in to our various online benefits portals. Medical Cards will then be issued and sent to you, which may take up to two more weeks from the time you submit your elections in Munis ESS.

This guide contains only general and summary information; it should not be considered a replacement for the more detailed information set forth in certificates of coverage or master plan documents produced by each insurance company. Every effort is taken to assure the accuracy of this guide; however, in the event of any conflict between this guide and information produced by each insurance company, the insurance company’s documents will be the final authority.

Eligibility for benefits is determined by the number of hours you are scheduled to work. 

Many of the plans offer coverage for eligible dependents, including: 

• Your legal spouse/partner (documentation of marriage, common law marriage or civil union must be provided to Human Resources), or domestic partner

• Your children to age 26, regardless of student, marital, or tax-dependent status (including a stepchild, legally-adopted child, a child placed with you for adoption, or a child for whom you are the legal guardian).

• Your unmarried dependent children of any age who are physically or mentally unable to care for themselves. 

* *The basic and voluntary life and AD&D coverages only cover unmarried children to age 26. 

Required documentation to proof eligibility if adding children or spouse as dependent or beneficiaries

Per our plan policies we must collect proof of eligibility. Use this secure link to submit your documents.

Valid documentation:

For spouse/legal partner: civil union certificate, marriage certificate, marriage license, common law affidavit. 

For domestic partner: Domestic partner form

For children: Birth certificate

Follow these steps:

1. Log In to your Munis ESS and go to Benefits section on the left side menu options.

2. Find the benefit contribution you want to change and click 'Election' (blue link on the right side)

3. Choose the same contribution type you had before and change amount. Click Continue.

4. Review summary of benefit and click Continue at the bottom of the screen. 

5. Review changes to be submitted and click Submit at the bottom of the screen. You will now see a 'confirmation' at the top of the screen with a green check mark. You have submitted your changes.

6. HR reviews request and submits to payroll for processing. 

IMPORTANT: 

HSA and FSA Transportation and 457 contribution changes are effective on the next pay period. Payroll Master Changes date is the deadline to submit benefit changes for a pay period.

All notices are at the end of the Benefits Guide (above)