SUBJECT
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SET PUBLIC HEARING to consider amending the Polk County claims settlement ordinance raising the amount the Risk Manager may issue or receive in settlements from twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Suggested Hearing Date: February 20, 2024.
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DESCRIPTION
Per a request of the Board, a public hearing will be set to consider increasing the amount of money the Director of the Polk County Risk Management Division (“Risk Manager”) may issue or receive in settlement payments for claims which do not exceed fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000). Currently, the Risk Manager may settle claims which do not exceed twenty-five-thousand dollars ($25,000) so long as they have the written approval of both the County Attorney and a Deputy County Manager. Despite the increase, the procedural requirements for the two signatures to settle claims would remain the same. If the ordinance is passed, then the Risk Manager will handle the settlement of claims which do not exceed $50,000. If, after this ordinance is passed, a claim does exceed $50,000, then it will be handled by the Claims Review Committee.
RECOMMENDATION
Set public hearing for February 20, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. or soon thereafter.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact to set hearing.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Randy Mink, County Attorney
863-534-7679