SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider adopting 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).
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DESCRIPTION
Public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance 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
Adopt the ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Randy Mink, County Attorney
863-534-7679