HomeMy WebLinkAbout6613RESOLUTION NO. 6613
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A RISK MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM AND POLICY FOR THE CITY OF PUEBLO
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The Risk Management Policy And Program, a copy of which is
attached hereto and incorporated herein, having been approved as
to form by the City Attorney, is hereby approved and adopted.
SECTION 2.
This resolution shall become effective upon final approval
and supersedes any other risk management policy or program
previously adopted by resolution of the City.
INTRODUCED September 10 , 1990
By HOWARD WHITLOCK
Councilperson
ATTEST:
APZRE D:
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C y Clerk
Pre dent of the Council
. The Pueblo City Council hereby adopts the following
policy in regard to the property, casualty, liability and
workers' compensation risk management program for the City of
Pueblo.
The risk management program and its administration are
functions involving all departments and employees of the
City. The principal objective of the risk management program
is to protect the City, its officers, agents and employees,
and its assets from liability, casualty and other losses at
the lowest possible cost. The program is to be conducted as
efficiently and economically as possible with centralized
control to assure uniformity of practice and procedure.
The principal objective of the program is to be achiev—
ed, as determined by good business ,judgment, through a
balanced use of pooling arrangements, purchased insurance,
self— insurance, deductibles, transfer of risk, control of
losses of all types, and governmental immunity, as
appropriate.
The risk management program shall be supervised by the
designated Risk Manager for the City of Pueblo. The Risk
Manager shall report to the City Manager, the City's
Insurance Committee, and the City Attorney. Steel City
Agencies, Inc. has been designated Risk Manager under
agreement effective January 1, 1990.
Internal administration of the program shall be dele—
gated to the Executive Safety Committee. The contractual
transfer of risk (indemnification and hold harmless), and
review of certificates of insurance of parties dealing or
contracting with the City of Pueblo shall be under the
supervision of the City Attorney.
The Risk Manager will serve as chairman of the Executive
Safety Committee for the City. The Executive Safety Commit—
tee shall be designated by the City Manager and shall review
and recommend loss control procedures and practices and
recordkeeping for losses and loss prevention costs. Internal
costs of risk management including administrative costs and
loss costs shall be maintained by Risk Manager.
RECEIVED AUG 2 7 1990
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Risk Management Policy
The responsibility for review and recommendation to the
City's Insurance Committee relating to pooling arrangements
With other public entities, the purchase of insurance, self —
insurance, transfer of risk, control of losses, and the use
of governmental immunity, shall be delegated to the Risk
Manager. The Risk Manager shall cooperate With the Executive
Safety Committee, the City Manager and City Attorney in
performance of its duties.
The Risk Manager shall report annually at a City Council
Work session in the month of November on the current risk
management program. The report shall include costs of the
program for pooling, insurance, losses and administration.
The report shall also include recommendations, if any, for
significant changes in practices and procedures.