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Staff reports workers' compensation costs and outside counsel fees; committee requests year‑by‑year breakdown and adjourns
Summary
Staff presented workers' compensation reporting (state reportable categories, rehab, attorney fees) and current fiscal totals; committee asked for a 3–4 year breakdown of open claims and payout categories. A member moved to adjourn and the meeting was closed.
Ms. Gray reviewed the district's workers' compensation reporting obligations and numbers for the period on a calendar‑year basis. She explained the state requires a breakdown by medical, indemnity, rehabilitation and attorney fees and corrected a numerical misstatement during the presentation.
On reportable categories she said the medical figure in the draft had been misstated and clarified the intended figure; she listed attorney fees paid to outside counsel (~$129,566.58) and investigative costs ($4,181). She reported that the total reportable amount was roughly $1.8 million and that 53 claims were open at the end of the calendar year; for the current fiscal year to date staff cited approximately $1.9M in total spend with 23 claims in settlement and two large claims inflating settlement totals.
Committee members asked for a year‑by‑year breakdown of open claims, payouts and categories for the previous three to four years to better identify risk trends and mitigation points. Ms. Gray and staff agreed to prepare that detailed breakdown for a future meeting.
As discussion concluded, a committee member moved to adjourn. With no objection the chair closed the meeting.
