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G� ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION NUMBER DATE EFFECTIVE T K POLICY RISK MANAGEMENT AM 1000.1 03-06-90 * MANUAL Updated 10-07-13 �OR19Q' SUBJECT PAGE MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENT 25 OF 26 309 Claims authority of County Administrator. a. Subject to a maximum authorization of seventy-five &V thousand dollars in the aggregate for each accident for compensation and other benefits required of the protected party by a workers' compensation law and damages because of bodily injury by ;? accident or bodily injury by disease, the County Administrator shall have the authority to pay in settlement, without the need for prior approval, claims of a claimant covered by the employee liability program up to a total of seventy-five 44y thousand dollars in the aggregate for each claimant for all compensation, benefits or damages combined. With respect to those claims covered by the employee liability program for which the County Administrator has the authority to pay and settle without prior approval and those claims of the employee liability program for which the County Administrator has been given necessary prior approval or direction to pay and settle the County Administrator shall have the authority to accept or give releases on behalf of the protected parties involved. b. The County Administrator shall have exclusive authority to settle claims within the specified settlement authorization and such settlement decisions shall not be subject to appeal to the Board. 310 Claims authority of Board. a. Subject to a maximum authorization of the lesser of (1) the monetary limits of s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, or amendments thereto (if applicable to the specific claim), or (2) the maximum limits of coverage of the employee liability program, the Board shall have authority, applicable to claims referred to the Board by the Risk Manager, to direct the Risk Manager to pay in settlement claims covered by the employee liability program. With respect to those claims covered by the employee liability program which the Risk Manager has been directed to pay in settlement, the Risk Manager shall have the authority to accept or give releases on behalf of the protected parties involved. b. The Risk Manager shall present to the Board for its consideration the pertinent facts of each referred claim and a specific recommendation regarding such claims. c. The Board shall review and vote on any claims referred by the Risk Manager in accordance with current rules governing the operation of the Board.