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Commissioners weigh shift from flat $3 million event insurance to risk-based tiers; decision continued to May 7
Summary
The county Board of Commissioners discussed replacing a flat $3,000,000 per-occurrence insurance requirement for events on county property with risk-based insurance categories, removing the appeals process for insurance reductions, and retaining fee-waiver authority; commissioners voted to continue the item to May 7 for further work.
The Board of Commissioners on April 23 discussed proposed revisions to the county Facility Use Policy that would replace a flat $3,000,000 per-occurrence insurance requirement for events on county property with insurance limits set by risk-based categories and would remove the current appeals process for insurance reductions. Commissioners voted to continue the agenda items for additional work and take them up again on May 7.
The proposed change would categorize events by risk (low, medium, high) and assign insurance minimums accordingly rather than applying a single $3 million per-occurrence requirement to all events. A county staff member described the change as an effort to “base the amount of…
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