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City Council
December 19, 2023
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE CITY’S
SELF-INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS
Finance Department
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2 1. Worker’s Compensation Fund – Administered by
Human Resources
2. General Liability Fund – Risk Management Division of the Finance Department has responsibility for the
oversight of the program, and the City Attorney’s
Office is responsible for administering all third-party claims submitted to the City.
OVERVIEW
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3 1. General Liability – Policy Aggregate Limit of $25,000,000 a) Self-Insured at $3,000,000 per occurrence
2. Worker’s Compensation – Policy Limit Aggregate of
$25,000,000
a) Self-Insured at $3,000,000 per occurrence
3. Two tort liability claims settled in the last ten years exceeded the City's $3M self-insured retention
INSURANCE COVERAGE AND EXPOSURE
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4 1. Large Cash Outlays
a) Claim Payments
b) Legal Fees
2. Worker’s Compensation
a) Claim Payments 5-year average $4,200,000
b) Legal Fees 5-year average $189,000
3. General Liability
a) Claim Payments 5-year average $3,400,000
b) Legal Fees 5-year average $1,800,000
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
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5 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW - REVENUE
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6 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW - EXPENDITURES
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7 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW - FUND BALANCE
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8 1. Combined cash on hand is approximately $26.4
million
2. Fund Balance at a deficit
a) Reflects long-term nature of many claims
b) Sufficient cash on hand to cover 53% of long-term liabilities.
Projected to increase to 59% in fiscal year 2023-24.
c) Actuarial Adjustments have significant impact on fund balance.
CASH POSITION AND FUND BALANCE
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9 CASH POSITION AND FUND BALANCE (CONT.)
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
Unaudited FY23
($24,630)
($25,020)
($32,132)
($34,655)
($25,423)
$24,823
$29,922
$21,602
$23,216
$26,420
Thousands
Cash Position and Fund Balance
Fund Balance
Cash Position
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10 1. Claims liabilities are estimates of long-term liabilities:
a) Basis for determining appropriate level of reserves; b) Actuarial valuation based on historical data;
c) Claims often resolved for less than potential liability; and d) Cash on hand not required to service total liability today.
CLAIMS AND JUDGMENT LIABILITY BY FUND
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11 CLAIMS AND JUDGMENT LIABILITY BY FUND (CONT.)
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
Unaudited
FY23
$31,362
$35,830
$37,108
$38,897
$35,718
$16,932
$17,831
$15,325
$17,991
$14,184
$48,294
$53,661
$52,433
$56,888
$49,902
Thousands
Claims and Judgment Liability By Fund
Worker's Compensation
General Liability
Total Claims Liability
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12 Strategic Priority No. 5 – High Performing Government Goal No. 5.3 - Enhance communication and collaboration with community members to improve transparency, build public trust and encourage shared decision making.
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Community Trust Equity Innovation
Fiscal
Responsibility
Sustainability and
Resiliency
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13 That the City Council approve the financial overview of the City’s Self-Insurance Trust Funds for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
RECOMMENDATION
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