2017-05-23 Risk Management Meeting MinutesRisk Management Update Minutes
May 23, 2017
Attendees: Commissioner Stamper, Commissioner Fund, Commissioner Jackson,
Judge Lawler, Dale Kammerer, Paulette Young.
Guests: Sharyn Decker, Justyna Tomas, Linda Williams
Start Time _3:35 p.m.________ End Time ___4:23 p.m.______
1. Tort Claim Settlement discussion – Entered Executive session RCW
42.30.10(i) for 30 minutes – Linda, Justyna and Sharyn left the room
Came out of Executive Session at 3:58. No decisions were made.
Judge Lawler & Dale Kammerer left the meeting
Justyna, Sharyn and Linda reenter the meeting – We did not start the
rest of the update until 4:05p.m. Linda did ask Paulette to explain to
her how the county interacts with the risk pool and what the risk
pool was. Paulette gave a brief overview of the risk pool, how it was
formed, general purpose of the pool and how we work with them in
the tort claim and lawsuit process. The Commissioners were not part
of this discussion.
2. Budget – Working on setting risk rates
3. PDR Manager hiring process update – We have one more candidate
to interview on Wednesday, May 24th and hope to make an offer to a
candidate, later this week.
4. Risk Pool Designee Discussion – Paulette mentioned that we need to
update the designee resolution for the Risk Pool. It was decided to
keep Paulette as the primary board member and make Commissioner
Stamper the secondary board member. All three Commissioners
agreed with this.
5. Risk Pool Executive Committee Discussion – Paulette stated that
there were positions becoming open on the Risk Pool’s Executive
Committee. She asked the Commissioners if they would like for her
to seek one of the open positions. We discussed the pros and cons
and it was decided by all 3 Commissioners that they would like
Paulette to seek election to the committee.
6. Defense & Indemnification of County Employee discussion – Paulette
let the Commissioners know that a county staff member had
approached her about defending and indemnifying them for a
possible criminal charge involving their duties as a county employee.
Paulette said that she would be the request forward, when and if she
received it, and that the Commissioners might want to talk to the
Prosecutor’s Office on how to handle such a request.
7. New Tort Claims –
a. Virginia Anne Watson – Claims of discrimination, among other
things – Discussion only, no decisions were made. This claim is
being handled by the same outside counsel that handled the
pre defense review
8. Work Schedule update – Paulette will be headed back to AZ
tomorrow afternoon, with a plan to return to WA on June 13.
9. Other – Commissioner Stamper asked a couple of questions on how
the Risk Pool is dealing with members regarding jail medical costs.
Paulette gave a brief answer and no decisions were made
Meeting adjourned at 4:23 p.m.