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RESOLUTION NO. R-2021-012
A RESOLUTION accepting and approving the 4" Quarter 2020 Claim Report for the City of
Yakima
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima previously was self insured as to most claims, and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima was a member of the Cities Insurance Association of
Washington ("CIAW") for most liability claims from December 14, 2015 through November 30,
2019, subject to a deductible amount, and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has been insured by Safety National for most liability
claims since December 1, 2019 for incidents beginning on that date, subject to a deductible
amount; and Intermountain Claims, Inc is the third party administrator on those claims; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Division is in the Washington State Transit Insurance Pool
("WSTIP") for Transit claims, effective September 1, 2005, with liability coverage which is not
subject to a deductible amount; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an annual Resolution that has been adopted by the City Council,
the City Manager is authorized to settle claims against or by the City in an amount of $50,000 or
less, and
WHEREAS, the attached Claim Report contains information on and the disposition of the
various claims submitted to the City of Yakima with the amount on the reports that was paid by
the City of Yakima toward the settlement which was within the City's insurance deductible, and
does not include the insurance company's contribution to the settlement, if any; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The attached 4' Quarter 2020 Claim Report, together with payments and disbursements
listed therein, is hereby accepted, approved, and ratified
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 2nd day of February, 2021
ATTEST*
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Sonya laar Tee, City Clerk ` , Y.
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Patricia Byers,/Mayor
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No. 4.C.
For Meeting of: February 2, 2021
Resolution accepting and approving 4th Quarter 2020 Claim
Report
Ryan Bleek, Assistant City Attorney
Steve Groom, Director of Finance & Budget
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The purpose of this report is to provide information on claims that were closed during the
4th Quarter 2020. All claims listed in this report were resolved and settled pursuant to the City
Council's prior annual Resolution authorizing the City Manager to settle claims against or by the
City in an amount of $50,000 or less, and Resolution No. R-2019-091 was adopted on October
15, 2019. All payment amounts listed on the CIAW report show the amount paid by the City of
Yakima toward the settlement that was within the City's $100,000 insurance deductible with
CIAW. Intermountain Claims is the City's Third Party Administrator on claims with incidents
beginning December 1, 2019.
The report includes information for the fourth quarter 2020: (1) Intermountain Claims summary by
type of claim; (2) Intermountain Claims summary by department; (3) Intermountain Claims closed
claims for the 4th Quarter 2020; and (4) CIAW claims summary by type of claim; 5) CIAW claims
summary by department; and, 6) CIAW closed claims for the 4th Quarter 2020. Adopting the
attached claims resolution affirms and ratifies the payments made by the City of Yakima on claims
closed during the 4th Quarter of 2020 as listed in the reports.
ITEM BUDGETED: Yes
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Trust and Accountability
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution
ATTACHMENTS:
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D Resolution - at h Qtr Claim RADpnrI 1113'2021 Resolution
zilli Qlr 2070 Claim Report 1113'2021 Presentation