--Apple-Mail=_1F622DB1-0670-4814-838E-C7442E9A649D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi James, Sounds good. I will notify the landlord accordingly. Regarding the insurance, I have attached a spreadsheet detailing a 60/40 = split and one showing a 50/50 split. This shows the premiums for each = two week pay period. Since we last spoke, the broker was able to = negotiate the increase down to approximately 25% and this is reflected = in the numbers. Tim Thomas Home Care Assistance (Montr=C3=A9al) Tel: 514.907.5065 tthomas@homecareassistance.com | = Homecareassistancemontreal.ca = > On Jun 7, 2021, at 11:08 AM, James Patchett = wrote: >=20 > Good Morning Tim, >=20 > Apologies for the delayed response as last week was very busy and then = I took off and went off the grid for a couple days. =20 >=20 > I agree with your thoughts on the lease. We should have the landlord = try and rent out the space and see what he comes back with. We have TMR = as an alternate location to use as needed for now and that would drop = our burden for the rent on the Westmount office. If the landlord does = find a tenant we would want to restart the search for a new space.... I = also dont think it hurts to keep that search on the back burner just in = case something comes up a little quicker than we expect.=20 >=20 > Regarding the insurance. Can you please give me a breakdown of the = cost as they currently stand, the increase overall that the company and = employees are going to experience if we kept it 60/40 and then what the = cost would look like at a 50/50 split? >=20 > Thank you, >=20 > James >=20 > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 9:17 AM Tim Thomas = > = wrote: > Hi James, >=20 > I spoke to the landlord for the Westmount location and the lease has = in fact automatically renewed for five years effective September 1st of = this year. He=E2=80=99s open to helping us modify or exit the lease if = that=E2=80=99s our wish by marketing one or both spaces. Remember our = location comprises two retail spots that were combined. He seems pretty = confident but who knows how long it would take. We would have to decide = what we want to do. I think we should put the search for a new space on = hold and tell the landlord to go ahead and try to rent the space. Right = now, we always have TMR as a fallback. >=20 > On the subject of our group insurance, as I mentioned its up for = renewal June 1 and we are looking at premium increases in the range of = 35%. As you know, the company pays 40% and the employee pays 60%. In = the interim, since corporate is looking at introducing a broader program = of benefits which hopefully will result in lower insurance costs for the = employee, we are thinking of increasing the company split to 50% to help = offset some of the higher cost. >=20 > Thoughts? >=20 >=20 > Tim Thomas > Home Care Assistance (Montr=C3=A9al) > Tel: 514.907.5065 > tthomas@homecareassistance.com | = Homecareassistancemontreal.ca = >=