HomeMy WebLinkAbout880760.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: COMPENSATION TO INDIVIDUALS FOR LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH
ANIMALS AND EQUIPMENT WHILE IN VOLUNTEER CAPACITY
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, Weld County has volunteers that utilize horses or
dogs in performing volunteer work for the Weld County Sheriff,
and
WHEREAS, in the course of performing volunteer service with
the horse or dog, a volunteer may experience financial loss in
the form of the animal being injured or killed, and/or loss or
damage to associated equipment, and
WHEREAS, the benefit received from such volunteers to Weld
County is substantial, and
WHEREAS, normal insurance coverage does not cover losses of
the type described above, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners and Sheriff of
Weld County wish to provide limited coverage on a self-insured
basis, and
WHEREAS, the self-insured coverage shall be limited to TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2 ,000) for loss or injury to an animal , and
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500) for loss or damage to associated
equipment, based upon fair market value determined by the Weld
County Sheriff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado that within the
self-insurance fund of Weld County, funds shall be provided to
insure volunteers ' dogs and horses and associated equipment from
losses or damages incurred while performing in a volunteer
capacity for the Sheriff in amounts not to exceed $2 ,000 for
loss or injury to the animal and $500 for loss or damage to
associated equipment for any single occurrence with the claim to
be determined by the Sheriff based upon fair market value of the
loss incurred, said decision by the Sheriff shall be the final
administrative decision.
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RE: COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES - SHERIFF'S OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
that this action is not intended as a waiver of sovereign
immunity pursuant to CRS §24-10-104 (1987 Cum. Supp. ) but is
intended as reimbursement for volunteer' s expenses.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 27th day of
July, A.D. , 1988 .
• ) BOA OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST ��'�'a ""„- WEL OUNTY, COLORADO
Count Clerk and Recorder
and Clerk to the Board �® Gene R. Brant er, Chairman
BY: C. W./Kirby, P o-Tem
Deputy County lerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ac.uel e w n n
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County Attorney % --- - /'
Frank Yamaguchi
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