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EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. January 23, 1978 2. • 3. The County Attorney informed the Board that they needed to resolve tc 4. provide a defense for each individual Commissioner, and to indemnify in the 5- event there is any judgment against any Commissioner . Mr. Gledhill stated I6 • that he had bee in touch with the Great American Insurance Company, and 7. according to the Regional Claims Manager and the investigator for the 8 . Insurance Compa�y, the policy the County is covered under is not an error 9 . and omissions pe'olicy, but a property damage liability policy. The Insurar, 10 . Company has alrad Y obtain counsel to handl e th is case and will not honor 11. the request of the County Attorney' s law firm to represent the County. 12. The County Attorney will stay in touch and mbhtor the situation for the 13. County. 14. Commissioner Pinney raised the question of why the County was not 15. covered, when it had paid money for a policy. 16. Mr. Gledhill stated that the people from whom the policy was purchase 17. are not aliens f I r the company that writes the policy, and for that reason 18. their failure t acquire this coverage is not something by which the Compa 19. can be bound. Any action the Board wishes to take against any insurance 20 . company should b e against Collier and Cobb. 21 . Mr. Gledhil stated that in his opinion the County could not be liabl, 22 . in excess of $25 ,000. The County Commissioners are covered under the 23. County's liability policy with Great American Insurance Company up to 24 . $250,000 for pro erty damage. This is the policy that is responding to 25 . the suit. 26 . Mr. Gledhill stated that the resolution which he presented to the Boa= 27. gave to the Coun y Attorney specific authorization to defend the Commis-- 28. sioners in this .litigation, and to make sure that action taken in the suit 29. happens within t e limits of the policy. 30. The Commissioners then reconvened into regular session.