“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”

Marlon Brando made this line famous as he portrayed Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film “The Godfather.”

But elected officials in Mountain Brook did refuse the offer of accepting health insurance from the city.

“As elected officials, we have a right to come under – if you want to pay for it – the city's health insurance,” City Council President Billy Pritchard said. “Nobody wants to do it. We have it otherwise. We're paying for it otherwise.”

The council passed a resolution Monday night acknowledging that elected officials had indeed declined the opportunity of city health insurance.

The panel also approved appointments of council members to various boards and committees:

Planning Commission (voting member) — Philip Black (council repre

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