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ER �, <br />U <br />ADMINISTRATIVE <br />< POLICY <br />t n MANUAL <br />�ORIO�' <br />SECTION I NUMBER <br />RISK MANAGEMENT AM 1000.1 <br />SUBJECT <br />MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENT <br />DATE EFFECTIVE <br />03-06-90 <br />Updated 10-17-13 <br />PAGE <br />170F26 <br />209 Claims authority of Risk Manager. <br />a. Prior to offering a settlement or making a payment concerning a tort claim, the Risk <br />Manager shall refer to the Liability Claims Committee any claims against the public liability <br />program which exceed the thir -five teff thousand dollars authority of the Risk Manager <br />to settle and pay. The Risk Manager shall, as a part of the referral, provide the Committee <br />with a written synopsis of the pertinent facts and a specific recommendation with respect <br />to the settlement of the claim. <br />210 Claims authority of County Administrator. <br />a. Subject to a maximum authorization of seventy-five € #y thousand dollars for each <br />occurrence for damages for personal injury, property damage, advertising injury and <br />public official's injury combined, the County Administrator shall have the authority to <br />pay in settlement, without the need for prior approval, claims of a single claimant <br />covered by the public liability program up to a total of seventy-five fifty thousand dollars <br />for each claimant for damages as the result of personal injury, property damage, <br />advertising injury and public official's injury combined. With respect to those claims <br />covered by the public liability program for which the County Administrator has the <br />authority to pay and settle without prior approval, the County Administrator shall have the <br />authority to accept or give releases on behalf of the protected parties involved. <br />b. The County Administrator shall have exclusive authority to settle non -tort claims within <br />the specified settlement authorization and such settlement decisions shall not be subject <br />to appeal to the Liability Claims Committee or the Board-. <br />211 Liability Claims Committee. <br />a. The Liability Claims Committee shall have five voting members. Four of the members <br />shall be permanent voting members who shall have the authority to vote on all claims <br />referred to the Committee. The fifth voting member shall be a temporary member <br />whose membership and voting rights shall be limited to specific claims. The <br />Administrator, the Risk Manager, the County Attorney, and the Director of Management <br />& Budget shall be permanent voting members. The first voting member shall be a <br />representative of the participant against whom the claim is being asserted. If the <br />participant against whom the claim is being asserted is the County, the fifth voting <br />member shall be the director of the County department out of whose activities the claim <br />arose. If the director of the department out of whose activities the claim arose is <br />personally, involved in the claim, the Director of Finance shall be the fifth voting member. <br />P..wt kiwk ie o', Halting o2s*. sones <br />Atte: Al at <br />