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it is not; it is an additional risk, but it is the same type risk they incur sitting as the Board of County Commissioners. Discussion continued re questions of personal liability re civil rights, etc., and Attorney Vitunac advised that the Board members have good faith immunity; a Commissioner would have to be acting in bad faith to be found liable. The County-, however, could be found liable simply if it was wrong whether in good faith or not. Chairman Scurlock just wanted to be sure the Commissioners have full protection as he did not want to be faced.with tremen- dous legal expense to defend himself against some frivolous suit. Attorney Vitunac assured him he would not be faced with that. Further discussion followed re the fact that the Board has no public officials liability insurance, and Chairman Scurlock felt that, in any event, when we go into our next budget year we could instruct staff to get that liability insurance if it is available. Commissioner Wodtke continued to express his concern that if the Commissioners cannot get this insurance and no one is willing to write it, we will have a lot of liability, but Attorney Vitunac again assured him that if the Board member acts in good faith and within the scope of their position, they are not liable personally. Acting Administrator Thomas reported that because of this on-going problem, staff is considering coming back at budgettime and asking for a risk management person, fully qualified person who would devote his time to this and some other areas such as Workmen's Compensation where we feel that we could cut our losses. Commissioner Bird felt we had talked about this before, and Administrator Thomas confirmed that this position was funded previously, but no one was ever hired. OMB Director Baird agreed that there is a need for a specialist in this area. 11 JUN 2 0 1986 a00K 6 F� n 773