Statesboro City Council's decision to reverse course and stay with Glenn-Davis & Associates as broker for the city's partially self-insured employee health coverage followed a contentious path that began last September with a staff recommendation to switch to another company. After voting 4-0 on Sept. 19 to award the brokerage contract to ShawHankins, over Glenn-Davis and a third firm, Capstone Benefits Consulting, the council heard their appeals Oct. 3 and voted 3-2 to rescind the contract award. The council was then unanimous in having Councilman Travis Chance and Councilman Jeff Yawn, on opposing sides in the reversal, find an unaffiliated professional to review the proposals. The city paid Michael Mark, CEO of Care Coordination of America, based in Michigan, $1,600 for the review. His Dec. 14 recommendation left paths open to both of City Council's preferred options. When council met Jan. 2, a motion to award the contract to ShawHankins failed 2-3, and council members voted 3-2 to award the contract to Glenn-Davis, the local firm which has been the city's health insurance broker since 2008.