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Home My WebLink AboutOFFICIAL POSITION BOND Consent 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: November 12,2024 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. ANALYSIS: 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, 2024 through December 31, 2025. REVIEWED BY: Mark McCauley, ty Administrator Dat /912020 RCW 42.08.100 Approval and fling RCW 42.08.100 Approval and filing. 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 in 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, f 2012 c 117 § 99; 1955 c 157 § 11. Prior: 1890 p 35 § 5; RRS § 9934.] NOTES: Contractor's bonds: Chapter 39.08 RCW Official bonds—Payment of premiums: RCW 48,28.040. Surety insurance: Chapter 48.28 RCW. 1:1 Continuation Certificate The Hartford Insurance Group Surety - Government, Federal and Public Official The Hartford Fire Insurance Company, (hereinafter called the Company) , 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, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2025. 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 9, 2024. Hartford Fire Insurance Company '" '4 Vil BY i�'_ ,-- •tt .: le L LaPierre ,Attor eytn a• L •f v I" t• t \ .til � •Attest: ` •. .+1 vts i Direct Inquiries, Bond Authenticity and Claims to: POWER OF ATTORNEY THE eHaARTF T ORD laza Hartford,Connecticut 06155 Bond.C laimsAthehartford.com call.888-266-3488 or fax:860-757-5835 KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: Agency Name: AJ GALLAGHER RSK MGMT SVCS LLC Agency Code: 52-811535 ❑X 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.» „rry „ u, ppEMq,Y ,,,,,„,, \P I SG,, `�.,,.cY IN849%., S` . cOMR ..... :�jr, i _G.0,0"4"74 1�= `'4. (yet ilk i ```````�*CNPO$4r4', 'y•. .Os rb�;., r001RNR.,:�i'� o� .�� 1979 ,14?,,,j,,,,,,,- A_ _,.,I,A).,__, 9011,0-Mi2/ Phyllis A.Clark,Assistant Secretary Joelle L.LaPierre,Assistant Vice President STATE OF FLORIDA ss. Lake Mary COUNTY OF SEMINOLE On this 1st day of March, 2024, before me personally came Joelle L. LaPierre, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that (s)he resides in Seminole County,State of Florida that (s)he is the Assistant Vice President of the Companies, the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that (s)he knows the seals of the said corporations; that the seals affixed to the said instrument are such corporate seals; that they were so affixed by authority of the Boards of Directors of said corporations and that (s)he signed his/her name thereto by like authority. ,'ar a° 7///dA,Ye._, a/L/C-C.., 'st^y �` T. ; •P. Mariluz Arce j�, ► �F fL ` My Commission HH 287363 Expires July 13,2026 I,the undersigned,Assistant Vice President of the Companies, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies,which is still in full force effective as of October 9, 2024. Signed and sealed in Lake Mary, Florida. „'1PE lh/..., .0..,.no rp[wxirr stn n„„„ ,,,,OF.. SU \.;'�tY INdU j0po`, «oM:y` ```�``},•�,•. CDRDyt*,�A s:rj 'H, I:1i —•— g i itne;•i t7 0 ?3i * ia? =,y•.$ 0 orb` ,MDURR .',0fi- T. i 1979..'7»,F'. s,,N.,,o••.......,i� �.�y+...........: SEAS *j '`*~.`s rM M7t0 „n, ,u,,o's‘ ozz 9, ..... ND1RMA„``�� Keith D. Dozois,Assistant Vice President Revised:July 31,2024 t c: jYeas i I Act 11(0 596165 PGS : 3 M I SG 12'14/2015 00 23 PM $'5 00 JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Je terson County WA Auditor's Ofric* - Rose Ann Carroll, Auditor 11111ROVIIIRctillig 11101 RETURN ADDRESS 21161OV -1 PM l:27 Jefferson County Commissioners IN SUPERIOR COUR i JEFFERSON COUNTY CURE P.O. Box 1220 Port Townsend. WA 98368 0/7-a-coacLD - 5 Please print neatly or type information DOCUMENT TITLE Public Official Position Schedule Bond REFERENCE NUMBER(S) OF RELATED DOCUMENTS Additional Reference#'s on nape GRANTOR(S)(Last,First and Middle Initial) Hartford Fire Insurance Comnanv Additional Grantor on one GRANTEE(S)(Last,First and Middle Initial) Jefferson County Additional Grantee on nave LEGAL DESCRIPTION(Abbreviated form:i.e lot,block,plat or section,township,range,quarter/quarter) Additional leral on nape ASSESSOR'S PROPERTY TAX PARCEL/ACCOUNT NUMBER Additional parcel#'s on page The Auditor/Recorder will rely on the information provided on this form. The staff will not read the document to verify the accuracy or completeness of the indexing information provided herein. • • THE HART FORD PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSITION SCHEDULE BOND NUMBER 52BSBH86126 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,that the undersigned Surety,a Connecticut corporation,is held and finely bound unto Jefferson County as Obligee,in the penal sum equal to the aggregate of the amounts set opposite the positions listed in the attached Schedule,as Principals,or added thereto by acceptance as hereinafter set forth,for the payment of which the Surety binds itself,its successors and assigns,firmly by these presents. Whereas,the persons in the positions listed in the Schedule have been elected or appointed by the Obligee and have been required to file bond conditioned as follows. The condition of this obhgation is such that 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 of malfeasance or nonfeasance in the faithful performance of their public duties, then this obligation is to be void,otherwise to remain in full force and effect,subject to the following conditions. The liability of the Surety for each position in the Schedule,or added thereto,will not exceed 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 akeady shown 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 by written acceptance setting forth the applicable penal amount or other relevant change and effective date of suretyship. 3. Either the Obligee or Surety 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 mail 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 of the principals in the performance of their public duties for the term of of ice beginning on January 1.2016 and ending on December 31.2016 rules renewed by continuation certificate, SIGNED,SEALED AND DATED this Janson I.2014 Surety:Hartford Fire Insurance Company $' •• G ----- Oujda McClain,Attorneg act ••� r t� .0;: a,, ••,• ,,. `," _THE HART FOR D PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSITION SCHEDULE BOND NUMBER 521 SBHU6126 Attached to and Forming Part of Bond No.,213SBHB6 126 Employer:Jefferson County,WA Bond No.52BSBHB6126 Effective: January 1.2016 Position 1 Number to Amount Per ' Total Aggregate Position Person per Position Treasurer 1 $ 150,000.00 S 150,000.00 Clerk 1 $ 10(3,000.00 $ 100,000.00 Sheriff L 1 S 5,000.00 i $ 5,000.00 Auditor 1 $ 50,000.00 $ 50,000.00 Prosecuting Attorney !f 1 5 5,000.00 $ 5,000 00 Engineer ! 1 5 20,000.00 $_ 20,000.00 Commissioner tt1 1 1 $ 15,000.00 S 15,000.00 Commissioner tt2 1 5 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 Commissioner 03 1 $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 Judge i 1 $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 1 {Assessor { 1 $ 1,000.00 S 1,000.00 Total: i $ 379,000.00 Hartford Fire Ins ranee Company 'claaa-if.r. CC. 0 .' , t a McClain,Attorney-in-Fact F • ) ' n - .tiit: .+ i i Gallagher Insurance Risk Management Consulting Carrier Ratings A.M. Best's Rating & Financial Proposed Insurance Companies Size Category* Hartford Fire Insurance Company A+,XV 06/18/2024 *Gallagher companies use A.M. Best rated insurers and the rating listed above was verified on the date the proposal document was created. Best's Credit RatingsTM reproduced herein appear under license from A.M. Best and do not constitute, either expressly or impliedly, an endorsement of Gallagher's service or its recommendations.A.M. Best is not responsible for transcription errors made in presenting Best's Credit RatingsTM. Best's Credit RatingsTM are proprietary and may not be reproduced or distributed without the express written permission of A.M. Best. A Best's Financial Strength Rating is an independent opinion of an insurer's financial strength and ability to meet its ongoing insurance policy and contract obligations. It is not a warranty of a company's financial strength and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders. Best's Credit RatingsTM are under continuous review and subject to change and/or affirmation. For the latest Best's Credit RatingsTM and Guide to Best's Credit Ratings, visit the A.M. Best website at http://www.ambest.com/ratings. Gallagher companies make no representations and warranties concerning the solvency of any carrier, nor does it make any representation or warranty concerning the rating of the carrier which may change. Gallagher Insurance I Risk Management € Consulting Important Disclosures IMPORTANT: The proposal and/or any executive summaries outline certain terms and conditions of the surety program proposed by the insurers, based on the information provided by your company. We make no warranties with respect to policy limits or coverage considerations of the carrier. Compensation Disclosure 1. Gallagher Companies are primarily compensated from the usual and customary commissions, fees or, where permitted, a combination of both, for brokerage and servicing of insurance policies, annuity contracts, guarantee contracts and surety bonds (collectively"insurance coverages") handled for a client's account,which may vary based on market conditions and the insurance product placed for the client. 2. In placing, renewing, consulting on or servicing your insurance coverages, Gallagher companies may participate in contingent and supplemental commission arrangements with intermediaries and insurance companies that provide for additional compensation if certain underwriting, profitability, volume or retention goals are achieved. Such goals are typically based on the total amount of certain insurance coverages placed by Gallagher with the insurance company, not on an individual policy basis. As a result, Gallagher may be considered to have an incentive to place your insurance coverages with a particular insurance company. If you do not wish to have your commercial insurance placement included in consideration for additional compensation, contact your producer or service team for an Opt-out form. 3. Gallagher Companies may receive investment income on fiduciary funds temporarily held by them, or from obtaining or generating premium finance quotes, unless prohibited by law. 4. Gallagher Companies may also access or have an ownership interest in other facilities, including wholesalers, reinsurance intermediaries, captive managers, underwriting managers and others that act as intermediaries for both Gallagher and other brokers in the insurance marketplace some of which may earn and retain customary brokerage commission and fees for their work. If you have specific questions about any compensation received by Gallagher and its affiliates in relation to your insurance placements, please contact your Gallagher representative for more details. Carolyn Gallaway From: Guida McClain <Guida_McClain@ajg.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 3:18 PM To: Carolyn Gallaway Subject: Invoice 5318923 Attachments: Invoice 5318923.pdf; 52BSBHB6126 Jefferson County - Conti Certif 24-25.pdf; 2024 Hartford Fire Insurance Company - AM Best Rating Disclosure.pdf ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Attached please find the invoice for the renewal of the following bond: Bond No. 52BSBHB6126 Public Official Position Schedule Bond, $379,000 Effective: 12/31/2024 to 12/31/2025 This bond is continuous by continuation certificate attached. Bond forms vary widely with respect to cancellation provisions. Please refer to your particular form for specific provisions and contact us with any questions or concerns. A copy of the Guide to Best's Rating and Important Disclosures including Compensation Disclosure are attached for your reference. Should you wish to pay online, you can pay at WWW.AJG.COM/EZPAY Thank you for placing your bond business with us. Guida McClain Surety I Senior Client Service Manager III CA License No.0F30248 Gallagher Insurance Risk Management Consulting D 253.238.1149 F 253.238.1207 Guida McClain@aig•com Gallagher 1501 Market Street,Suite 250,Tacoma,WA 98402 P 0 Box 2925,Tacoma,WA 98401-2925 www.ajg.com Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services LLC. CA License No. 0D6929.3 Please note that our Tacoma office will be relocating to 950 Pacific Avenue, Suite 830,Tacoma,WA 98402 starting October 14,2024. Despite the change in location, all phone numbers will remain the same. We are excited and eager to continue connecting with you at our new address. 1 Communications concerning this matter,including this email and any attachments,may have been provided for purposes of insurance/risk management consulting. Opinions and advice provided by Gallagher are not intended to be,and should not be construed as,legal advice. A licensed Gallagher representative must provide the appropriate insurance carrier with written instructions in order to bind insurance coverage. Therefore,client instructions via email are not sufficient to bind coverage unless and until you have received explicit written confirmation from an authorized Gallagher representative. I would like to emphasize that the discussion set forth above is only an insurance/risk management perspective and is NOT legal advice.We do not provide legal advice and I highly recommend that you seek the advice of legal counsel in order to become fully appraised of the legal implications related to these issues 2