Methodology Preview:Functional families and class counts are modeled to the City of Gainesville's ~570 classifications and ~1,500 employees per RFP HRDX-260051-WB. Salary, benefit, and pension figures shown here are illustrative, with production data populated from the City HRIS, the City's pension plans, the collective bargaining agreements, and the Florida comparator jurisdictions' adopted pay plans at engagement award.

HSG Methodology Demo

City of Gainesville · RFP HRDX-260051-WB

the City health plan · Benefits

the City health plan: employer monthly share

The model assumes the City of Gainesville participates in the City health plan, the the City pension-administered / the City TPA health program many Florida localities elect. PPO Expanded, Standard PPO, and a High-Deductible Health Plan with HSA by tier, plus City health plan Dental (Delta Dental of Florida), City health plan Vision (the vision plan), the City pension Basic Group Life, and the Florida Local Disability Program. The City's employer share is the second-largest non-base line in total compensation. Some Florida localities procure coverage locally rather than through City health plan, so the City's actual vehicle is confirmed at kickoff.

PPO Plan vs. HDHP

PPO Plan is the richest City health plan medical tier; Standard PPO sits below it, and the High-Deductible Health Plan pairs with an HSA. The City's election mix across these plans, and across the Employee-Only / Employee+Spouse / Employee+Child(ren) / Family coverage tiers, materially affects total benefit cost. We pull the actual mix at engagement award and weight the comp study accordingly.

Why benefits aren't ‘the same’ everywhere

Not every Florida locality runs benefits through City health plan, and even among those that do, the election mix and employer-paid optional coverage (group life beyond the City pension basic, vision tiers, disability) are set locally. This is where Gainesville's benefits stack will diverge from peer jurisdictions, and where the City's policy decisions matter most. We confirm the City's actual vehicle at kickoff and surface those divergences as scenario inputs in the comp recommendations.

Employer monthly share illustrative pending production data at engagement award. Production rates pulled from the City health plan 2026 PPO rate sheet and Gainesville City's actual plan election and benefit-election distribution at engagement award.