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Establish a new fund and transfer authority for the property insurance budget to County Counsel from Human Resources; and Delegate authority to the County Administrator to take any and all actions necessary to complete the transfer including signing authority and any budget adjustments
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Office of County Counsel recommends the Board of Supervisors:
1. Establish a new fund and transfer authority for the property insurance budget to County Counsel from Human Resources; and
2. Delegate authority to the County Administrator to take any and all actions necessary to complete the transfer including signing authority and any budget adjustments.
SUMMARY:
On December 14, 2021, the Board approved the transfer of responsibility for the County's General Liability Program to County Counsel from the Director of Human Resources. This transfer coincided with a change to the Solano County Self-Insured General Liability (GL) Program self-insured retention, increasing the per claim/occurrence deductible based on an actuarial study that anticipated significant new savings in program costs in future years. At that time, the County assumed a greater level of involvement in managing and administering GL Program under the direction of the Claims and Civil Litigation Manager.
Currently, Human Resources manages the property insurance program. This program covers assets owned by the County where any damages/losses the County incurs are covered by insurance. To improve oversight and increase involvement in managing the County's property insurance program, County Counsel and the Human Resources Department are recommending that the property insurance program be shifted to County Counsel. By combining the County's GL and property insurance program under one dedicated team managed by the Claims and Civil Litigation Manager, the County wil...
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