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Home My WebLink AboutApproval of the Continuation of the Jefferson County Bond No. 52BSBHB6126 - 011226Consent Agenda Commissioners Office JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Adiel McKnight, Deputy Clerk of the Board DATE: January 12, 2026 SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSITION SCHEDULE BOND No. 52BSBHB6126; Issued by Hartford Fire Insurance Company for the Treasurer, Clerk, Sheriff, Auditor, Prosecuting Attorney, Engineer, Commissioners #1, #2 and #3, Judge and Assessor STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Pursuant to RCW 42.08.100 (Copy attached) the Board of County Commissioners shall approve the official bonds of all County and Township Officers, except the County Superintendent of Schools. ANAT.YgiS: Jefferson County holds a position schedule bond for eleven of its twelve Public Officials (Copy attached). A bond is not required for the Superior Court Judge. All other elected/appointed positions are covered under this bond. This bond is renewed annually and because of the type of bond, does not have to be cancelled and rewritten each time a new individual is elected or appointed to one of these positions. FISCAL IMPACT: The annual fee for renewing the bond is $1,387.00. RECOMMENDATION: Approve continuation and purchase of the public official position schedule bond #52BSBHB6126 December 31, 2025 through December 31, 2026. REVIEWED BY: Josh D. Peters, County Administrator / l 1.2e; of Date the Board APPro,jedbo ry co issic Jefferson G Date'. "!9,702^ RCW 42.08.100 Approval and filing. RCW 42 08 100 Approval ano r,hng The official bonds of officers shall be approved and filed as follows, to wit: The official bond of the secretary of state shall be approved by the governor and filed in the office of the state auditor. The official bonds of all other state officers required by law to give bonds, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, shall be approved by the governor and filed in the office of the secretary of state The official bonds of all county and township officers, except the county superintendent of schools shall be approved by the board of county commissioners, if it session, and if not in session, by the chair of such board, and filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of their respective counties PROVIDED. That the bond of the county clerk shall be recorded in the office of the county auditor and filed in the office of the county treasurer. (2012 c 117 § 99 1955 c 157 § 11 Prior 1890 p 35 § 5; RRS § 9934.1 NOTES: Contractor's bonds Chapter 39 08 RCW Official bonds --Payment of premiums RCW 48 28,040, Surety insurance Chapter 48.28 RCW. Continuation Certificate The Hartford Insurance Group Surety - Government, Federal and Public Official The hereby continues in force its Bond No. 52BSBHB6126 in the sum of Three Hundred Seventy -Nine Thousand ($379,000.00) Dollars on behalf of Public Official Bond 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 in favor of Jefferson county for the (extended) term beginning on December 31, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2026. subject to all the covenants and conditions of said Bond, said Bond and this and all continuations thereof being one continuous contract. This Continuation is executed upon the express condition that the Company's liability under said Bond and this and all continuations thereof shall not be cumulative and shall in no event exceed the sum of Three Hundred Seventy -Nine Thousand ($379,000.00) Dollars. IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed by its officers proper for the purpose and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed on October 8, 2025. By: Attew: '' ll 7/ W� Hartford Fire Insurance Company le L LaPierre , Direct Inquiries, Bond Authenticity and Claims to: POWER OF ATTORNEY OneH �oRdPORD laza Hartford, Connecticut 06155 Bond. Claims(a)thehartford.corn call: 888-266-3488 or fax: 860-757-5835 KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: Agency Name: A J GALLAGHER RISK MGMNT SVCS LLC Agency Code: 52-701920 0 Hartford Fire Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut ❑ Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Indiana ❑ Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut ❑ Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Indiana having their home office in Hartford, Connecticut (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Companies") do hereby make, constitute and appoint Joelle L LaPierre of Lake Mary, Florida, its true and lawful Attorney -in -Fact, to sign its name as surety(ies) only as delineated above by, and to execute, seal and acknowledge the following bond, undertaking, contract or written instrument: Bond No. 52BSBHB6126 Naming Public Official Bond as Principal, and Jefferson County as Obligee, in the amount of See Bond Form(s) on behalf of Company in its business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law. In Witness Whereof, and as authorized by a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Companies on May 23, 2016 the Companies have caused these presents to be signed by its Assistant Vice President and its corporate seals to be hereto affixed, duly attested by its Assistant Secretary. Further, pursuant to Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Companies, the Companies hereby unambiguously affirm that they are and will be bound by any mechanically applied signatures applied to this Power of Attorney. "oFE�I� .. ullya � nm+xlrr I . _Q;GpflI0MTE0':Cew� Y` '? _ r `s�O0.POR4Tf e,y, •.•Q srb/.,,,- /1101R►� 'i: ¢_ � � 1979 ;1{� ••"�AoONYNEU �,r lltl.��.\�� OgaON e! Phyllis A. Clark, Assistant Secretary STATE OF FLORIDA SS. Lake Mary COUNTY OF SEMINOLE M,�J,u� Joelle L. LaPierre, Assistant Vice President On this 1st day of March, 2024, before me personally came Joelle L. LaPierre, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that (s)he resides in Seminole County, State of Florida that (s)he is the Assistant Vice President of the Companies, the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that (s)he knows the seals of the said corporations; that the seals affixed to the said instrument are such corporate seals; that they were so affixed by authority of the Boards of Directors of said corporations and that (s)he signed his/her name thereto by like authority. l_ f` Mariluz Arce 51 F}- My Commission HH 287363 Expires July 13, 2026 I, the undersigned, Assistant Vice President of the Companies, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which is still in full force effective as of October 8, 2025. Signed and sealed in Lake Mary, Florida. „„lllll„ •'�aelN,, tVIM ", 9m,x r COMP,'''., E SG^ a......... r i O: • . c Lg s1979 ,'•a,,,�xoon�lrMo.e+°„ hpre lo�o�P� At Z gitxµo �. '' *TI O'AM„*.�� Keith D. Dozois. Assistant Vice President Revised: July 31, 2024 (r 'Ire llpgh(� RETURN ADDRESS Jefferson County Commissioners P.O. BOX 1220 _ - Port Townsend. WA 98368 _ 596165 PGS:3 MISC Canty �_ai!or s 0rlre4 - ?os• or' Car -o!. a c� i:114MA c� 21161OV -I PM 4: 27 IN SUPERIOR COUR r JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK Please print needy or type information DOCUMENT TITLE Public Official Poe Won Schedule Bond REFERENCE NUMBER (S) OF RELATED DOCb%4ENTS GRANTOR (S) (Last, First and Middle initial) Hartford Fire Insurance Conran- GRANTEE (S) (Last, Fast and ,middle Initial, Jefferson County Additional Reference O's as tree Addrtiona: grantor on cage Additional grantee on oaec LEGAL DESCRIPTION (Abbrer iated roan i e lot, block, plat or ucnon, township, range- quarter quarter; Additional legal on nape ASSESSOR'S PROPERTY TAX PARCEL/ACCOUNT NUMBER Additional parcel Ws on page The Auditor!Recorder will rely on the mformation pmvided on this form the staff will not read the docur nent to verify the accuracy or completeness of the indexing information provided herein IHE It HART FOR 13 PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSITION SCHEDULE BOND NUMBER 52BSRHB6126 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Surety, a Connecticut corporation. is held and firmly bound unto Mtersoo Gouotti as Obligee, in the penal sum equal to the aggregate of the amounts set opposite the positions listed in the attached Schedule, as Principals, air added thereto by acceptance as bereinafter set forth, for the payment of which the Surety binds itself, its successors and assigns, firmly by these presems- whereas, the persons in the positions listed in the Schedule have been elected or appotnted by the Obligee and have been required to file bond cmiditioned as follows The coodition of this obhgation is such the if each person in the positions listed in the Schedule or added thereto shall save and keep harmless and indemnify the Obligee from all actions, suits, Costs, damages, loss and expense by reason o(malfeasa= or nonfeasance in the faithful performance of their public duties, then this obligation is to be void, otfherwue to retrain is full force and effect, w+)ect -o the followhrg condina;> I the liability of tthe Shuttty, for eKh position in the Schedule. or added thereto, will not ecceed the amount set opposite the position as applicable to each person in that position 2 If the Obligee requests the Surety to add to the Schedule any position not already sauwn therein, or adjust the number of persons shown in that position, or any other change. and the Surety agrees to do so, the Surety will add the position or effect the change in the Schedule bs wnnen acceptance setting forth the apphLahk penal amount or other relevant change and effective date of suretyship 3 Either the Obligee or Suety may cancel this bond as an entirety or as to any person or position in the Schedule by written notice served upon or sent by certified marl to the other, specifying the cancellation effective date, but not less than 30 days after the receipt of such notice This bond shall apply to all acts ofthe pnmipals in the performance of their public duties for the term of office beginning on,laaaary 1. 2016 and ending on December }1, 2016 ugks3 rjnswed by coutmwtioa certibnte, SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED this jagaars 1, _Ono Surety Hartford Fire Insurance Compam, , Guida McClaist, r act THEIt NAIRTFOR n PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSITION SCHEDULE BOND NUMBER SMBH86126 Attacbed to and Foredug Part of Bond No. 52WHIM126 Employer: lcffcrson County, WA Bond No. 52BSBH96126 Position Number In Position Treasurer Clerk __ 1 I SherM Auditor I FProsecuting Ltmrr,ey 1 Entinetr _ 1 Commissioner ftl --� Commissioner 02 —_ Commissioner $3 I JudgeAssesw 1 Hartford Fire Ins raneeCompanv i s %IcClain, Artoraey-in-Fact Effective. January 1, 2016 Amount Per Total Aggregate Persea per Position 1S0,000.00 S 150,000.00 IM000.00 S 100,000.00 S SAW 00 S S,000.00 S 20,000.00 S _ S 15,000.00 S _20,000.00 15,000.00 S 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 S 15,000.00 S 3,000.00 S 3,000.00 __ $ 1.00ow S 1,00000 Gallagher Surety Solutions - GAIS, Inc. Salem, OR 97302 Phone: (503)371-2190 Jefferson County (Bond Account) -Bonds P O Box1220 Port Townsend, WA 98368 AMELUI Invoice # 5849986 1 of 1 ACCOUNT NUMBER DATE JEFFCOU 30 11/3/2025 BALANCE DUE ON AMOUNT DUE 12/31/2025 $1,387.00 46-) Gallagher Insurance I Risk Management I Consulting Bond - Public Officials PolicyNumber: 52BSBHB6126 Company. Hartford Fire Insurance Company Effective: 12/31/2025 to 12/31/2026 Item # Trans Eff Date Due Date Trans Description Amount 40949537 12/31/2025 12/31/2025 RENB Renewal Premium - Public Official Position Schedule Bond $1,387.00 Total Invoice Balance: $1,387.00 Please return this portion with your payment. Include your invoice number on your remittance to expedite processing. Jefferson County (Bond Account) -Bonds P O Box 1220 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Please send your remittance to: Gallagher Surety Solutions - GAIS, Inc. PO Box 74715 Chicago, IL 60694-4715 PAY ONLINE AT: gallagheraffinity.epaypolicy.com AMELUI Invoice # 5849986 ACCOO NUMBER DATE J EFFCOU-30 11 t3t2025 BALANCE DUE ON AMOUNT DUE 12/31/2025 $t,387.00 AMOUNT PAID G.% Gallagher Insurance Risk Management I Consulting