The city of Adairville chose a new health care package for its employees at Monday’s regular monthly council meeting.

Mayor Jim Wilkerson reported that once again this year, the cost for providing health care benefits for the city employees is going up.

There are three levels of benefits offered through the Kentucky League of Cities and in the past, Adairville always provided the most comprehensive and most expensive coverage for its employees.

City clerk Sharon Head presented the various plans to the city council and Wilkerson suggested that the council go into executive session, since the decision was ultimately a personnel issue and could be discussed off the record.

State laws allow city councils to go into a closed executive session any time matters regarding city employees need to be discussed.

Councilman Tony Nichols, however, was against the notion of going into executive session.

“I don’t know why we can’t just do this out here in the open,” Nichols said.

After discussing whether or not to talk about the health care plans off the record, councilman Danny Finch made a motion to go into executive session. Judy Tanner seconded the motion and it quickly passed 5-1 with Nichols voting no.

As Head and the members of the audience got up to leave, Nichols did also and did not stay for the remainder of the meeting.

Once the executive session ended, the council voted 5-0 to give the employees the option of either taking the middle package with no pay raise or the lowest-coverage package with a 20-cent per hour pay raise.

Head said Wednesday afternoon that the employees chose the cheapest health coverage (which comes with higher co-pay costs) and the 20-cent raise.

In other action:

• The council voted unanimously to accept the new budget, which was discussed at May’s monthly meeting.

• The council also decided to give a $100 donation to the Logan County High School FFA club in appreciation for its construction of saw horses that were used during the annual Strawberry Festival. Council member Marla Sircy first suggested giving $75, but Nichols said to make it an even $100 and the council agreed with a 6-0 vote.

• The council also voted 6-0 to begin allowing Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to be held at the community house, which is owned and operated by the city.

• Wilkerson also reported that the Horizon Brothers company is on site in Adairville and will soon begin reconditioning the city’s old water tank.