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County projects steep increases in liability assessments; risk office budgets for higher premiums and claims
Summary
Risk management staff told commissioners the county’s assessments from its risk pool are expected to rise sharply (staff modeled a 25% jump for liability), the county is budgeting for higher tort and litigation exposure, and workers’‑comp (industrial accident) allocations will continue to be based on per‑person labor hours and L&I risk classes.
Shelley (risk management) and Kathy Funk Baxter, finance director, presented a risk‑management update to the Board of County Commissioners that modeled sizable increases in liability assessments and rising claim costs. Shelley said the county received preliminary indications the risk pool’s general‑liability assessment could increase about 25% for the coming year; in staff modeling the general‑liability and related assessments rise from roughly $1.9 million in a recent year toward a higher figure in later projections. "They did give us some indications at the meeting…that we should be looking at 25% increase in our liability," Shelley said. Staff told the board they do not yet have final quotes from the pool (October…
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