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COUNTY OF NEWELL - POLICY HANDBOOK
POLICY NO: 2012-PAD-049
TITLE: RISK CONTROL
ADOPTED: SUPERCEDES NO: 2008-PAD-049
November 22, 2012 (C-354/12)
TO BE
REVIEWED: PAGE NO: 1 of 3
POLICY STATEMENT
The County of Newell is committed to delivering cost-effective services that best
meet the needs of our taxpayers and community. We support and participate in
initiatives that will assist in achieving the following goals:
The active control and reduction of our insurance and other risk-related
costs;
The protection of the interests of the stakeholders in our community;
The prevention of losses arising from damage to community assets and
liability claims;
The reasonable assurance of uninterrupted municipal operations and delivery
of services to our community stakeholders;
When losses cannot be prevented, to ensure that the impact of losses on the
organization and our community stakeholders is minimized.
In an effort to achieve the above stated goals, the County hereby commits to the
implementation of a risk control program.
The basic goals and objectives of the Risk Control Program are as follows:
• To control the frequency and cost of Property, Liability and Automobile
claims incurred by the County of Newell;
• To help control and reduce the long-term insurance costs for the
County of Newell;
• To protect ratepayers from the interruption of important municipal
operations and services;
• To help protect the public interest and ensure a safe and well-
managed community.
To help ensure a mutual benefit for the County of Newell and other MD’s & Counties
in the Province of Alberta, we also support the exchange of knowledge and
information with other MD’s & Counties that are implementing and or participating
in risk control and reduction initiatives.
COUNTY OF NEWELL - POLICY HANDBOOK
POLICY NO: 2012-PAD-049
TITLE: RISK CONTROL
ADOPTED: SUPERCEDES NO: 2008-PAD-049
November 22, 2012 (C-354/12)
TO BE
REVIEWED: PAGE NO: 2 of 3
Council hereby delegates to the Chief Administrative Officer the authority and
responsibility to designate:
A Risk Control Coordinator, to facilitate the County’s progress in the
implementation of risk reduction initiatives.
A Risk Control Committee comprised of the Management Team that will help
identify and implement risk improvement initiatives within the organization.
The specific roles of the Risk Control Coordinator and Risk Control Committee have
been identified and outlined on Schedule A.
Incidents, claims, risk improvement initiatives and status reports will be provided to
the Senior Management Team and Council on a consistent and necessary basis.
COUNTY OF NEWELL - POLICY HANDBOOK
POLICY NO: 2012-PAD-049
TITLE: RISK CONTROL
ADOPTED: SUPERCEDES NO: 2008-PAD-049
November 22, 2012 (C-354/12)
TO BE
REVIEWED: PAGE NO: 3 of 3
SCHEDULE ‘A’
Risk Control Coordinator
In-house champion needed to facilitate the successful implementation of risk
control and reduction initiatives;
Initiate and prepare risk reduction items that will be placed on the agenda of
meetings for the Management Team / Risk Control Committee.
Provide internal status/progress reporting to the senior management team
and/or Council;
Collaborate with the Risk Control Coordinators in other communities to share
successes and assist each other with effecting risk improvements.
Risk Control Committee
Review and assess the claims experience of the organization to help
determine risk improvement priorities;
Prepare technical recommendations for the senior management team/Council
regarding risk improvement priorities;
Review existing policies and procedures relating to key exposure areas for
the organization and, where necessary, make recommendations to Council
for amendments;
Collaborate with the Risk Control Coordinator in the implementation of risk
improvements;
Develop and implement a tracking and internal reporting process to ensure
that the organization is kept well-informed of incidents and claims within the
municipality;
Assess incidents and claims within the municipality to determine, where
possible, causes and contributing factors;
Develop and implement a practical document retention program related to
the training objectives;
Report periodically to Council on claims issues and risk improvements within
the municipality.