The Cuyahoga County Committee of the Whole on Nov. 25 accepted a substitute to a resolution that would amend the county's contract with Alliant Insurance Services Inc., and referred the amended measure to the full council for a second reading and final passage on Dec. 9.

Awata Fassad of the county law department's risk management division said the amendment is a routine renewal to retain Alliant as the county's insurance broker and to ensure renewal of the county's current insurance policies through 2026. The resolution as read into the record authorizes adding $2,256,483 and sets a contract limit not to exceed $9,279,423, effective upon signatures of all parties.

The committee chair explained that the substitute replaces estimated coverage values with actual values received from carrier markets and reduces the projected cost by just over $100,000. The committee moved and seconded acceptance of the substitute; members voted unanimously in favor and the substitute became the version before the committee.

Following the presentation, the committee voted to refer the resolution to the full council for its second reading; the clerk said the resolution would be read again at the council meeting that evening and scheduled for final passage on Dec. 9. Fassad and the Alliant broker representative, Shane Story, were in the chamber to answer members' questions.

Because the committee action was to accept the substitute and to refer the resolution, no further committee-level amendments or final votes occurred. The council's second reading and the Dec. 9 final vote will determine whether the contract amendment and the added funds take effect.