Burlington City Council
Considers Partners Benefits

Following a 2-1 vote of the personnel
committee in early September to add a
domestic partner’s provision to a revision
of the personnel handbook, the full coun-
cil is expected to take up the matter in
late November. Six council members
have expressed support for the addition,
two oppose and the remaining three had
not made their position public as OITM
went to press on November 3th.

The proposed change originated in May-
or Peter Clavelle’s office and was first
mentioned by him at Vennont’s 1991
Pride Day Rally in Burlington. It would
define a partnership as a relationship be-
tween two people who are not blood-
related as defined by Verrnont’s laws; are
not married or related by marriage; who
share a primary residence and the “com-
mon necessities of life” are at least 18;
are competent to enter a contract; sign a
declaration of partnership and are not in a
domestic partnership with anyone else;
and agree to be responsible for each oth-
er’s welfare.

The proposed change would provide do-
mestic partners of city employees with

health and dental insurance through a
city self-insured plan purchased from
Blue Cross of VT. At press time, Com-
munity Health Plan (CHP), another city
insurer, had not yet agreed to extend ben-
efits to domestic partners.

Cambridge, Massachusetts became the
first municipality in that state to extend
benefits to partners of city empolyees. By
a narrow vote, the City Council approved
the plan which will be implemented by
the end of 1992. Cambridge joins 18 oth-
er municipalities that provide some fonn
of domestic partnership benefits for city
employees. V

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