Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: BOCC - Board of County Commissioners

Directors' Update: Oct. 13, 2021

Business Meeting: Oct. 19, 2021

Summary:

Designate Lewis County representatives on the Washington Counties Risk Pool

Publications:

Cover Letter To: Derek Bryan, Washington Counties Risk Pool, 2558 R W Johnson Rd. SW, Suite 106, Tumwater, WA 98512-6113

Additional Copies To: Chris Panush, Kevin McDowell, Ross McDowell,

Resolution

WHEREAS, several Washington counties agreed to the creation of the Washington Counties Risk Pool ("Pool"), organized and operating under Chapters 48.62 and 39.34 RCW, to provide to its member counties programs of joint self-insurance, joint purchasing of insurance, and joint contracting for or hiring of personnel to provide risk management, claims handling, and adminis­trative services; and

WHEREAS, the Pool's Interlocal Agreement and Bylaws, and policies of its Board of Directors require appointees and/or designees from each member county; that is: 

a) Director / Alternate Director (Article 8 of the Interlocal Agreement and Article 2 of the Bylaws) - officers or employees of each Pool member county that are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the respective county's legislative authority;

b) County Risk Manager (Article 11 (b) of the Interlocal Agreement) - an employee of each Pool member county appointed to serve as a liaison between the County and the Pool as to risk management and who is responsible for the risk management function within the County;

c) County Safety Officer (Article 11 (c) of the Interlocal Agreement) - an active employee designated by each Pool member county who, along with a related committee, are maintained to consider all recommendations concerning the development and implementation of a loss control policy to prevent unsafe practices; and

d) County Claims Administrator (sections B. 6, C and E.1. b of the Pool Board of Directors ' Claims Handling Policies and Procedures) - each Pool member county's must designate someone to administer civil claims, with whom incidents should be immediately reported to, who is responsible for sending all claims and lawsuits and reporting various known incidents to the Pool, and with whom the Pool will coordinate the County's claims administration.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Lewis County hereby confirms the appointment or designation of the following individuals for the applicable and required relationships with the Washington Counties Risk Pool:

WCRP RELATIONSHIP	NAME	COUNTY POSITION	EMAIL	PHONE
Director	Chris Panush	HR Director	Chris.Panush@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-1209
Alternate Director	Steve Wohld	Chief of Internal Services	Steve.Wohld@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-3349
2nd Alternate Director	Erik Martin	County Manager	Erik.Martin@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-2697
Risk Manager	Chris Panush	HR Director	Chris.Panush@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-1209
Claims Administrator	Chris Panush	HR Director	Chris.Panush@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-1209
Safety Officer	Ross McDowell	Emergency Management Deputy Director	Ross.McDowell@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-1157
Prosecuting Attorney	Jonathan Meyer	Prosecuting Attorney	Jonathan.Meyer@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-2638
Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney*	Kevin McDowell	Civil DPA III	Kevin.McDowell@Lewiscountywa.gov	360-740-1240

*Optional; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and shall supersede any prior conflicting action(s); and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the clerk of this body shall forward a copy of this resolution, once completed, to the attention of Executive Director Derek Bryan at the Washington Counties Risk Pool, 2558 R W Johnson Rd. SW, Suite 106, Tumwater, WA 98512-6113.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 19th day of October, 2021.