P-0470 - Legal Defense of County Employees and Officers 09-28-1981-15

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... _ - - - . r -- 1.: 6 2. 3. 4• 5• 6. 7. 8~'defense of .employees and officers in civII or criminal actions or proceedings q. brought against employees and officers an account of acts done a omissions 10. made in the scope and course of employment or duty as art employee or 11. officer of the County. He also reoommcnded Board action to ratify its 12, previous authorization to pavy claims and judgments entered against County 13. employees in certain situations. lii.. Commissioner pihitted moved that the Board ratify and confirm its 15. authorization to the County to provide for the defense of employees and 16. officers in any dtnl or criminal action or proeeedir~ brought against the 17. employee either in his or her official ar individual capacity an account of 18. any acts done or omissions made a any act allegedly done or omission 19. allegedly made in the scope and course of employment or duty as an 20. employee . or officer of the County. Commissioner tNhitted further moved 21. that the Board ratify its authorizatim of the payment by the County of any 22. claim or Civil judgment not involving actual fraud, corruption ar actual 23. malice azr the part of the employee against whom the claim is made, to the 24. dollar limits of insurance coverage and far the risks covered by pavveies of 25. insurance in effect from time-to-time. This authorization shell also include 26. the payment by the County of any "retainage" (dedtmtaWe) existing on aqy 27. 28. such policy of insurance when such retainage is applied by the insurance carrier to the payment of any Claim made ar civrl judgment entered. against 29. any employee. 3Q. Commissioner Gustavesw~ seconded the motion- 31. Voter Ayes, 4; Noes, 0. 32. The Clerk was thereupon directed to make this aotion of the Board 33. available for public inspection. 34• 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. __ ~ • ^ ~~