2017-04-18 Risk Management Meeting MinutesRisk Management Update Minutes
April 18, 2017
Attendees: Commissioner Stamper, Commissioner Jackson, Commissioner Fund,
Paulette Young
Start Time _ _1:12 p.m.___________ End Time ______1:42 p.m.________
1. New Tort Claims – Estate of Morris Johanson- Claims wrongful death due to
a guardrail being down, is asking $1,200,000.00 – Paulette informed the
BOCC of the new claim and that she would be turning it over to the Risk
Pool to assign outside counsel.
2. Discussion on possibly purchasing Crime Coverage – Paulette asked the
BOCC if they would like for her to get quotes on insurance that would
protect the county in case of a crime committed by an employee. This is
something we don’t currently have. The BOCC asked Paulette to proceed in
getting quotes.
3. Discussion on hiring an outside agency to review old insurance policies for
pollution coverage – Paulette will look into this further and get back with
the BOCC
4. Update on hiring process for the Public Disclosure Manager – We will be
giving a skills test to the 3 people that have been interviewed so far.
5. Update on L&I Complaint filed by a former 911 employee alleged violation
of the Domestic Violence Leave Act. – Paulette informed the BOCC that we
were fined $2,500.00 by L&I for supposed violations. It was in our best
interest to pay the fine and concentrate our efforts on defending against
the lawsuit.
6. Work Schedule for the next month. – Paulette will be on vacation from
April 25th – May 8th. She will be checking emails. Paulette will be back in
Chehalis on May 16th but doesn’t know for how long as of yet. It will be for
at least a week, however it may be more depending on where we are at in
the PDR Manager hiring process.
7. Other – no other items were discussed.