Recommendation to authorize City Manager to purchase excess workers’ compensation insurance with Safety National Casualty Corporation for the period of July 1, 2014 through July 1, 2015, through the City’s casualty broker Aon, for a total premium not to exceed $385,000.  (Citywide)
Item 11 Report from Human Resources Recommendation to authorize City Manager to purchase excess workers compensation insurance for the period of July 2014 through July 2015, through the city's casual broker Aon for a total premium not to exceed 3380 5000 citywide. Second. Moved and seconded any member of the Public Watch Press Council on item 11. CASA membership. In Samarra. I just had a question for the city attorney. My understanding that you are going to be looking at worker's comp and how it's handled in the city of Long Beach and possibly hopefully maybe remove it from the city attorney's office. I had not heard that. No, I thought you talked about that. You know, we talked about. We are doing a audit of our best practices, not of moving the department from the city attorney's office. We have retained outside folks to begin that audit. We're doing the scope. And so we will be coming back with proposed changes and findings from that audit. And that they will entertain. Also, looking at the current structure of it being the claims handling, being in the city attorney's office. That is not part of it. Okay. I would strongly recommend we look at that because it's kind of well known in the worker's comp community that that's part of the problem about the cost is that it's litigated instead of handled as a a case management. Thank you. Mr. Austin. Here's some I'm was a little perplexed on this one and apologized for not speaking with the city manager earlier about this. But why exactly are we we're doing this. I'll give it over to our risk manager. Mike Aleo, a council councilmember and members of the council may have the access worker's comp. Insurance is basically catastrophic insurance for large events. For example, a large warehouse fire where we would have several fire, firefighters injured, a large earthquake. Those type examples is what the insurance is for. So it kicks in at a very large amount where the city self insures the basic amounts under the 4 million. So does this one move or was this forecast that. In our FY14 budget? Yes, it's in our budget. Okay. Thank you. All right. Members cast your votes on animal heaven. Well. Motion carries eight zero. Thank you. Item 12 clerk will summarize.