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Apportion Cost of the 2026 County Self Insurance Plan
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCD BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO APPORTION COST OF THE 2026 COUNTY SELF-INSURANCE PLAN, AND TO LEVY TAXES AND/OR BILL DIRECTLY THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, the County Legislature adopted Local Law 2 of 2018, which restated and amended sections of Chapter 43 of the Law of Sullivan County and;
WHEREAS, the Risk Management and Insurance Department (“Risk Management”) is required to and hereby files a report by which it has estimated that the sum of $4,271,741 will be necessary for the calendar year 2026 to meet the payments and expenses of the Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Plan; and
WHEREAS, Risk Management has determined the share of such estimated sum chargeable to each participant of the County Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Plan; and
WHEREAS, the amount chargeable to each participant of the County Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Plan is detailed on the Self-Insurance Fund Charges, and, the $4,271,741 was calculated as detailed in the 2026 Estimate of Expenses for the Self-Funded Workers’ Compensation Plan for Sullivan County (attached 2026 Allocation report) and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the 2026 Cost Allocation Report shall collectively be considered Risk Management’s 2026 report for the funding estimate and participant apportionment costs for the County’s Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Plan, (“Risk Management’s 2026 Plan”).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Sullivan County Legislature herby adopts Risk Management’s 2026 Plan and directs that the amount set opposite the name of each participant on Appendix I of the County Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Plan be apportioned and charged to each respectively; with such amount so apportioned to the County and the Town be levied and raised by tax in the next annual tax levy against the taxable property of the County and the Towns; and such amount apportioned to the Villages and Sullivan County Community College to be directly billed to the Villages and the College by Risk Management; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amount apportioned to the County and the Towns shall be collected by inclusion in the next succeeding tax levy of each Town, and that when collected such amount shall be paid by the respective tax collectors to the County Treasurer, said amounts to be credited to the County Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Fund and the amount billed to the Villages and the College shall be paid directly to the Sullivan County Treasurer.