Utah County commissioners delay vote on facility-use policy that would tie event insurance to risk

Utah County commissioners on April 23 agreed to continue two agenda items concerning revisions to the county's facility-use policy and event-insurance standards to a May 7 meeting after discussing proposed changes that would base required insurance on the type and assessed risk of an event rather than a single blanket level.

The proposal would replace the current per-occurrence $3,000,000 requirement for events held on county property with a tiered schedule tied to risk categories (low, medium, high). Under the draft policy language, some events could be required to carry $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 limits instead of the current $3,000,000, and the county would eliminate the formal process for requesting a reduction to the insurance requirement.

The change, presenters said, also includes a conforming edit to county code on an unrelated deadline and relies on an industry-based risk categorization…