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Sid Edwards

Sid Edwards

Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish

Oct 15, 2026

11:38
So what's going to happen? Is there g- is there going to be a lively discussion tonight?
11:43
Yeah.
11:43
It's, the insurance is going up for, uh, all our city parish employees, not, not just fire.
11:49
And the, the cost of healthcare is skyrocketing nationwide, and Baton Rouge is no different.
11:57
So the, the city will take on a percentage of the, those costs, have been, and the employee pays.
12:03
So I wanna say the city covers, and, and I'm, I'm not- Might not be the exact number, but anywhere from 60 to 75% of that, of that cost.
12:15
And when the numbers came back this year, they've really, really, really high.
JeffAUDIENCE
15:42
We're gonna have to stack it by the road.

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