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Commission approves insurance renewal with $3,100 premium increase, sets building blanket policy limits
Summary
The commission voted 4-1 to accept a roughly $3,100 insurance premium increase and the recommended blanket policy limits for the Historical Courthouse and Administrative Building.
The Ward County Commission voted July 15 to proceed with the county’s 2025 insurance renewal that will increase the premium by about $3,100 and to adopt the suggested blanket policy (BP) limits: $39,504,675 for the Historical Courthouse and $26,999,385 for the Administrative Building.
Jackie Larson of Western Agency presented renewal options to the commission during the budget discussions. Commissioner Schuler moved to accept the renewal with the approximate $3,100 premium increase and the BP limits noted above; Commissioner Olson seconded the motion.
The roll call vote was 4–1: Commissioners Merritt, Olson, Schuler and Chair Fjeldahl voted yes; Commissioner Rostad voted no. The motion passed and staff were authorized to move forward on the renewal under the selected limits and premium increase.
The transcript does not record line-item budget offsets or whether the premium increase will be charged to a specific departmental budget; commissioners discussed the renewal in the context of broader 2026 budget work but took no separate budget allocation vote at the July 15 meeting.
