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HomeMy WebLinkAbout920921.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH CASUALTY AND PROPERTY POOL AND AUTHORIZE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN 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, the Board has been presented with an Agreement for Services between the Casualty and Property Pool and Weld County, commencing July 1, 1992, with the further terms and conditions being as stated in said agreement, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Agreement for Services between the Casualty and Property Pool and Weld County be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chairman be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said agreement. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 23rd day of September, A.D. , 1992. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 4144/41/L4 ATTEST: WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Weld County Clerk to the Board — _• �et Iasi e Ke edy, Chairman BY: 17A - ' Deputy Cl k to the Boa4xL11; Constance L. Harbert, Pro-Tem APPROVED A TO FORM: C. W. Kir y ounty Attorney Gord a bli bia W. H. Webster 920921 CTiThN C • PL» �, Fl AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 1st day of July, 1992 by and between the Casualty & Property Pool ("CAPP" or "Pool"), a public entity formed by intergovernmental agreement under Colorado law, and WELD COUNTY ("COUNTY"), a political subdivision of the State of Colorado. ARTICLE I. RECITALS 1. The COUNTY is a member in good standing of CAPP and has adopted the CAPP By- laws and Intergovernmental Agreement (the "Bylaws"), as amended from time to time by the CAPP membership. 2. The COUNTY is current with respect to all of its obligations to CAPP and therefore eligible to participate in CAPP's partially self-funded option program (the "Program"). 3. The COUNTY wishes through CAPP to self-fund a portion of its anticipated property and casualty claim losses while having CAPP continue to provide claims handling and management services and loss control and prevention programs for the COUNTY and CAPP is willing to provide such services on the terms and conditions hereafter stated. ARTICLE II. TERM The Agreement shall take effect on the date COUNTY's partially self-funded program becomes effective, July 1, 1992, and shall continue for one year unless the County ceases to be a CAPP member. This Agreement and the Program shall continue and remain in effect to augment the terms of the Bylaws unless cancelled by either party as herein provided or until the County ceases to be a member of CAPP as provided by the Bylaws. Upon termination of this Agreement, neither party shall have any further responsibility or obligation hereunder except as provided herein or in the Bylaws. ARTICLE III. OBLIGATIONS OF COUNTY 1. The COUNTY annually shall budget and appropriate specific funds to pay CAPP an annual fee for insurance coverage and services rendered as set forth in addenda to this Agreement. After the inaugural year of the Program, the annual fee shall be subject to adjustment determined by CAPP. 2. The COUNTY annually shall budget and appropriate sufficient funds for the payment of claims, assessments or losses and of allocated loss expenses. For this purpose, allocated 920921 rTo 14 loss expenses means all costs, charges or expenses of third parties reasonable incurred by CAPP, its agents or its employees, which are properly chargeable to a qualified claim or loss including,without limitation, court costs, fees and expenses or attorneys, independent investigators, experts and witnesses, and fees for obtaining diagrams, reports, documents and photographs. A portion of such funds shall be delivered to CAPP at the inception of the COUNTY's participation in the Program in an amount determined by CAPP. Additional funds shall be forwarded to CAPP from time to time based on estimates delivered to the COUNTY by CAPP of the anticipated or actual level and volume of qualified claims, assessments or losses and allocated loss expenses. 3. The COUNTY shall pay the annual fees and loss fund contributions on or before August 15th of each year and shall pay promptly CAPP's invoices for loss fund payments within fifteen (15) days of receipt. 4. It is the parties' intent that at all times CAPP shall have available sufficient funds from the COUNTY to pay promptly all of the COUNTY'S reasonably anticipated qualified claims, assessments, losses and allocated loss expenses. The parties do not intend for CAPP be required to advance Pool funds to pay claims, assessments, losses or allocated loss expenses, or to perform services if the COUNTY fails to provide necessary funds as provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article III. ARTICLE IV. OBLIGATIONS OF CAPP CAPP will supervise, administer, manage and provide claims handling and management services through a Third Party Claims Administrator identified in the addenda to this Agreement and loss control and prevention programs to the COUNTY in accordance with the Bylaws and shall act as the representative of COUNTY in all matters related to such services. ARTICLE V. CANCELLATION 1. This Agreement may be cancelled on any anniversary date by either party giving the other written notice of intention to cancel as provided by Article XV of the Bylaws. 2. Should the COUNTY be expelled from membership in CAPP as provided by the Bylaws, CAPP shall retain all pending claim files. The COUNTY shall continue to reimburse CAPP for all costs associated with the COUNTY'S claims paid through CAPP which are subject to the COUNTY'S self-funded retention as specified in the addenda hereto. The COUNTY also shall pay all costs associated with continuing claim management subsequent to expulsion. ARTICLE VI. INFORMATION All information developed for or specifically relating to claims servicing for the 920921 COUNTY, including all source documents, stored data and technical, claims, and other information of any kind, and reports prepared by or for CAPP, are the property of CAPP and remain CAPP exclusive property during the existence of and after termination of this Agreement. The COUNTY shall have reasonable access to such information, and the tight, upon reasonable request, to copy the same at the COUNTY'S own expense. ARTICLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. Any notice between the parties required to be given under this Agreement (not including notices required by any excess insurance contracts) shall be sent by certified mail to the representatives of the parties identified in the addenda. 2. This Agreement is personal to each of the parties and no party may assign or delegate any of such party's rights or obligations hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party. 3. Time is of the essence in the performance of all of the parties' obligations and duties under this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by the following persons authorized to act on behalf of their respective entities, dated and effective as of July 1, 1992. Cas ty Property P (C )/ y: WELD COUNTY, COLORADO (COUNTY) ATTEST: 4‘71.17 By: Chair, oard of Count Commission a.,, Y Y I9 Date: .2j _ 9 Z WELD COUNTY CLER'r TO HE BOARD BY: Gam_ EPUTY CLERK 0 HE BOARD (COUNTY SEAL) Date: 9 23 - `9 2— 920921 ADDENDUM I ANNUAL FEE: The COUNTY has budgeted, appropriated and agrees to pay upon receipt of CAPP's invoice and on or before August 15th, the Pool's annual fee including a Pool loss fund contribution and the COUNTY's share of the Pool's fixed costs in the total amount for 1992 of$206,095. Payments due shall be considered delinquent if not paid by August 15th and shall accrue interest from the delinquency date. The interest rate shall be the prime rate of the bank in which the majority of the Pool's funds are invested on the delinquency date. SELF-FUNDED PORTION: The COUNTY has elected a self-funded retention of $125,000 for each claim occurring on or after July 1, 1992. Accordingly with respect to each and every claim or loss the COUNTY is totally responsible to CAPP for the payment of the first $125,000 of each claim or loss. The COUNTY has budgeted, appropriated and agrees to pay upon receipt of CAPP's invoice the COUNTY'S qualified claims, assessments or losses and allocated loss expenses. At the inception of the COUNTY's participation in the Program the COUNTY shall deliver $24,217 to CAPP. Additional funds shall be forwarded to CAPP from time to time based on estimates delivered to the COUNTY by CAPP of the anticipated or actual level and volume of qualified claims, assessments or losses and allocated loss expenses. Payments due shall be considered delinquent if not paid within fifteen (15) days of the invoice date and shall accrue interest from the delinquency date. The interest rate shall be the prime rate of the bank in which the majority of the Pool's funds are invested on the delinquency date. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Addendum to be executed by the following persons authorized to act on behalf of their respective entities, dated and effective as of July 1, 1992. C ualty & Propert P 1 ( P • Date: — 2 3 9 2_ WELD COUNTY COLORADO, (COUNTY) y: Chair, Board of County Commissio Date: 9—.23 - 9 2- 920921 ADDENDUM II Notices in connection with this Agreement and its Addenda shall be delivered to the following in the case of CAPP: Casualty & Property Pool c/o Pool Administrator County Technical Services, Inc. 1177 Grant Street, Suite 200 Denver, Colorado 80203 and to the following in the case of COUNTY: CAPP Designated Correspondent IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Addendum to be executed by the following persons authorized to act on behalf of their respective entities, dated and effective as of July 1, 1992. Ca alty & Property o (C Y• Date: 9 `� 3 — �/ 2- WELD COUNTY, COLORADO (COUNTY) By: Chair, Board of County Commissioners Date: 9-.29 - �/ Z- 920521 Hello