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The City of Hibbing is pleased to provide our employees and their families with a wide range of competitive benefits. Benefits are an important part of your total compensation. You have the flexibility to choose the benefits that are right for you and your family — to keep you physically and financially healthy now and in the future.
Click the embedded image below for the 2026 open enrollment video.
- AHA Health Insurance Enrollment/Change Form
- AmeriHealth Member Portal - Track your deductible accumulation, search for in-network providers, and more.
- SmithRx Portal - Pharmacy Benefit Manager - New to logging in? View the Step-by-step guide.
- Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)
- Virtual Care - TelaDoc
- If you enroll in medical insurance with the City, you will also receive a VEBA account, in which the City will make contribution to help you pay for eligible medical expenses. You will need to create an account online to manage these funds by visiting benefitslogin.wexhealth.com.
- Quick Guide - VEBA
- How to setup an online VEBA account
- Online Account Checklist - VEBA
- WEX - VEBA Employee Portal
- Eligible Medical Expenses
- VEBA Summary Plan Document (SPD) for Active Employees
- VEBA Mobile App & How to set up the WEX benefits mobile app
- Add a beneficiary to your VEBA health reimbursement arrangement (HRA)
- Wellworks: Employees enrolled in the City's VEBA Health Plan may be eligible to receive a premium differential for participating in a Physician Engagement program! Program details, eligibility criteria, and submission instructions can be found Program Guide. Please review the guide carefully for requirements and deadlines.
- Wellworks Portal
- Wellworks Proof of Annual Visit Form
- Wellworks FAQ
- Wellworks Mobile App
- CancerCARE Program is a free, fully integrated cancer solution included in the health plan that supports you from the first day of your diagnosis well into the stages of aftercare. Click the embedded links to learn more.
- Transparency in Coverage (TCR) Machine-readable file (MRFs) provision
The City of Hibbing provides a basic life insurance policy to its employees and eligible retirees through Ochs/MN Life Insurance. We also offer two options for supplemental life insurance policies:
In addition to participation in PERA, the City of Hibbing offers deferred compensation plan options to eligible employees.
- Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) - Mandatory participation for eligible employees beginning the first day of employment.Member TypeEmployer ContributionEmployee Contribution
Police 5246-85 17.70%11.80%Fire 5246-86 17.70%11.80%All other Eligible Employees 7.50%6.50% - Deferred Compensation Plans (Voluntary): The City of Hibbing offers its eligible employees three options for deferred compensation plans:
- Lincoln Financial Group | Chris Bialke | 218-749-1730 | chris.bialke@lpl.com
- Enroll Online - After registration, you'll be directed to your account page to enroll in the plan. Choose your contribution rate and investment option and you're enrolled!
- Register for Online Account Access
- Deferral changes a fully digital and can be updated in your online account or by calling 800-234-3500.
- Nationwide Financial | 877-496-1630 | nrscontr@nationwide.com
- Enroll Online - If you enroll online, please notify Human Resources.
- Confirm or update your contribution amounts - If you update your contributions online, please notify Human Resources.
- MNDCP | 651-284-7863
- MNDCP Forms
- MNDCP Enrollment Guide
- Enroll in MNDCP - Return completed form to Human Resources.
- Change your deferral - Return completed form to Human Resources.
- Lincoln Financial Group | Chris Bialke | 218-749-1730 | chris.bialke@lpl.com
The City automatically enrolls eligible employees to contribute to the Health Care Savings Plan (HCSP) as directed by the bargaining agreement or personnel policy. You will need to choose how your account balance is invested. After you end employment with the City, you may access the funds to reimburse eligible medical expenses incurred by you, your spouse, legal tax dependents, and adult children up to their 26th birthday.
- HCSP Brochure
- HCSP Forms & Documents
- Eligible Medical Expenses
- Participant Services | 1-800-657-5757, Ext 5363
- Click here to watch a short video about what the BRC can do for you. | Spanish
- Mobile App - On the Go access to benefit and insurance policy details.
- Legally married spouses;
- Dependent Children under the age of 26, regardless of student, dependency or marital status;
- Children past the age of 26 who are fully dependent on you for support due to a mental or physical disability (and are indicated as such on your federal tax return).
During the year, you cannot make changes to your medical, or Health Care or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts unless you experience a Qualified Life Event, such as marriage or the birth of a child. If you experience a Qualified Life Event (examples below), you should contact Human Resources within 30 days of the event, or you will have to wait until the next annual open enrollment period to make changes (unless you experience another Qualified Life Event).
Do you have outstanding federal Direct Loans? For employees working in public service, you may be eligible for the U.S. Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness (“PSLF”) program. PSLF was established by Congress in 2007 to encourage individuals to work in public service by forgiving the remaining student loan balance of their federal Direct Loans after they have made 120 qualifying payments while employed by a qualifying employer. The City of Hibbing is a qualifying employer.
If you are interested, the best way to learn more about the program is through the U.S. DOE’s online PSLF Help Tool. You can use the tool no matter where you are in the PSLF process, whether you want to apply for forgiveness right now or certify employment to understand your progress toward that goal.
The program only forgives Federal Direct Loans, so it is also recommended that you contact your student loan servicer(s) for more information on whether your loans qualify. Additional information is also available at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education PSLF website, and at the U.S. Department of Education website Federal Student Aid.
The City of Hibbing provides Paid Leave through an approved equivalent plan instead of through the state of Minnesota. This plan provides time off, payments, and job protections that are equal to or greater than those offered under Minnesota Paid Leave.
- File a claim with MetLife online or by phone at 833-622-0135 (Accessible after 1/1/2026).
- MNPL Employee Guide