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ORDINANCE NO. 5007
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 2.92.040 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code relating to the purchase of insurance
policies, funded self-insurance programs, pooled coverage and
related services.
WHEREAS, the current provisions of Section 2.92.040 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code relating to the purchase of insurance policies, funded self-insurance programs,
pooled coverage and related services restrict the City's ability to bind insurance coverage in a
timely manner; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to update the provisions relating to the
purchase of insurance policies, funded self-insurance programs, pooled coverage and related
services in order to authorize the Risk Manager to bind insurance coverage to protect the City of
Bremerton; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.92.040 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Insurance/Self-Insurance/Pooled Coverage Programs" is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.92.040 INSURANCE/SELF-INSURANCE/POOLED COVERAGE
PROGRAMS.
The Risk Manager is responsible for the design, negotiation, procurement and
administration of all insured, self-insured and/or pooled coverage programs:
(a) The Risk Manager shall determine and recommend the appropriate retention
levels and amount of reserves to be established;
(b) The Risk Manager shall negotiate with insurance brokers for any type of
insurance and may recommend that the City engage the services of such brokers;
(c) The Risk Manager shall purchase, with the approval of the Director of Financial
Services and City Council, all insurance policies, funded self-insurance programs, pooled
coverage and related services, and shall administer the same~. The Risk Manager is authorized to
bind property, casualty, and surety insurance coverage without prior approval by City Council
subiect to budget authority. Within 60 days of binding coverage, the Risk Manager shall advise
City Council that coverage was bound and seek City Council approval for continuation of the
bound coverage;
(d) The Risk Manager shall make an annual report to the City Council regarding
insurance coverage and the level of retained risk, and such other reports as may be required by
the Council.
SECTION 2. Severabilitv. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
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affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council the ,;k....vI, daYOf~..I./_ ,2007
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Approved this 7:t1J day 0 f 'Irt ""Ir
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PUBLISHED the zYu day of ~ ,2007
EFFECTIVE the J f::f~ day of ,2007
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ST ATE OF WASHINGTON
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I, Sarah Weller, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times
embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of
KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court
of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months
prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as
a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County,
Washington and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid
place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was
published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following dates, to wit: ,
May8, 2007 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period.
That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $30.86 which amount
has not been paid in full. ~
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(Signature of Principal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of May 16, 2007
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Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
ORDINANCE NO. 5007
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council ofthe City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 2.92.040
of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to the purchase of insurance policies, funded self-insurance
programs, pooled coverage and rela~ed services.
PASSED by the City Council the 2nd day of May, 2007.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, W A 98337.
May 8, 2007...............................AD #20038230