Human Resources

Employment Opportunities

Our list of current job openings is available on the City of Ottumwa website.

City Contracts

Ottumwa Association of Professional Firefighters Local 395 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2024

Ottumwa Police Union Teamster's Local #238 July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028

Ottumwa Library Board of Trustees and AFSCME/Iowa Local 3659-2 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2025

City of Ottumwa and Over-The-Road, City Transfer Driver's Teamster's Local #238 (Public Works, Parks, Airport, Cemetery) July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2024

City of Ottumwa and Municipal Employees Union Teamster's Local #238 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2024

Core Values

The City of Ottumwa has recently released our Core Values. For more information, click here

Information for City Employees

• Personnel Policies and Procedures, December 19, 2023
• Title VI Notice to the Public
• Notice of Our Information Privacy Policies and Practices
• Women's Health and Cancer Rights Acts Notice
• Find a Provider - Wellmark
• General COBRA Notice - Effective July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

FMLA Forms

• Family Medical Leave Request (FMLA) Request for City Employee
• Family Medical Leave Request (FMLA) for Medical Provider
• Family Medical Leave Request (FMLA) for Care of Family Member

Information about MyIDCare – Wellmark’s identity protection service. (March 2016)

Health Insurance – Coverage Manuals

Effective July 1, 2023

• Blue Choice Blue Rx Value Plus
• Amendment – Coverage Description
• Blue Dental
• Access your Machine Readable Files - The files are a specific file type, JavaScript Object Notation (.json.gz file format) as prescribed by the law. Please note, as machine-readable files, they are not readily interpretable by consumers. As such, members are encouraged to use the more member friendly Find Costs tool available through myWellmark.com. The tool can help you find providers and even determine how much a visit will cost you before you receive services. The machine-readable files do not provide information on a member’s out-of-pocket charges.

Retiree Information for Pre-1993 Medicare Retirees

• Humana Medicare Employer Plan - Premium Information
• Humana Medicare Employer LPPO Plan
• Humana Medicare Employer Rx Plan
• Humana/Wellmark Comparison Rx Coverage
• Prescription Drug guide - Humana Group Medicare Plus (subject to change)

Members can lookup to see if their doctor is in-network by going to the Provider Finder tool via https://www.humana.com/finder/ and using the attached PDF to walk them through the process. They will want to base their search off of the Medicare PPO/Employer PPO Plus network option. They will also want to select the coverage type “Medicare or Medicare – Medicaid” and select the 2021 plan year.

• Humana Provider Finder Tool

Group Health Insurance Payroll Deduction Authorization
This payroll deduction changes for coverage at July 1 renewal.

• Payroll Deduction Form July 1, 2023

Updated Summary of Benefits and Coverage Information

Posted June 23, 2017

To help you easily understand your health plan benefits, a Summary of Benefits and Coverage for your current health plan can be viewed here on the City’s website. Together, this memo and the SBC contain a full description of your health plan and benefits. They are designed to be read in conjunction to provide simple and consistent information using terminology and a format that has been standardized among all health insurance companies.

The SBC summarizes the key features of your policy such as a description of the coverage, deductible amounts, cost-sharing obligations and coverage limitations and exceptions.

• Summary of Benefits and Coverages for Calendar Year 2023 - 2024

Any information shared on this web page is intended for use by employees of the City of Ottumwa. The information posted here is an open, public record. Under no circumstances, will personal or confidential information be posted in this format.

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