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Date Received in Council Office
Agenda Date
Assi aced to:
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Originator:
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1/30/07
Finance /Con
Paula J. Cooper
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Division Head:
Brzice M. Roll
Dept. Head:
Deane Sandell
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Prosecutor:
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Dan Gibson
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Executive:
TITLE 6W DOCUMENT:
Resolution for appointment of an agent to receive claims
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( } Yes ( X } NO
SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Requested Date:
SUMMAR Y STA TEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public
hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate.
Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.)
The Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District is a member of the Washington Governmental Entity
Pool Insurance Program. A required part of the program is to appoint an agent to receive any claims for
damages made. The agent must be stated in the form of a resolution and the resolution recorded at the
County Auditors office.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION:
1/30/2007: Forwarded to Council for approval
1/30/2007: Council Approved 6 -0 Nelson
absent Res. 2007 -005
Related County Contract #:
Related File Numbers:
Ordinance or Resolution
Number: Res. 2007 -005
Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing
on the County's website at: ivww .co.jvhatcoin.wa.us/cotntcil.
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SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Public Works
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1 -30 -07
RESOLUTION NO. 2007 -005
APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO RECEIVE CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES
(RCW 4.96.020)
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 4.96.020 the governing body of each local
governmental entity shall appoint an agent to receive any claim for damages made under Chapter
4.96 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the identity of the agent and the address where he or she may be reached during
the normal business hours of the local governmental entity are public records and shall be
recorded with the auditor of the county in which the entity is located; and
WHEREAS, all claims for damages against a local governmental entity, or against any local
governmental entity's officers, employees, or volunteers, acting in such capacity, shall be
presented to the agent within the applicable period of limitations within which an action must be
commenced; and
WHEREAS, the failure of a local governmental entity to comply with the requirements of
this section precludes that local governmental entity from raising a defense under Chapter 4.96
RCW.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of the Whatcom County Flood
Control Zone District (WCFCZD) appoints the below listed agent to receive any claims for
damages made under Chapter 4.96 RCW.
Agent Appointed: Whatcom County Public Works Director
Office Address: 322 N. Commercial Street, Suite 210
Bellingham, WA 98225 -4042
Business Hours: Monday - Friday; S a.m. - 4 :30 p.m.
Business Phone: 360 - 676 -6692
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Board of the WCFCZD, the clerk of the WCFCZD record this
document with the W hatcom County Auditor.
APPROVED this 30th
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Civil Deputy Prosecutor
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Carl Weimer, Council Chair
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2/01/2007 9 :30 AM
RES 534.09
Whatcom County, WA
Request of. WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
RETURN DOCUMENT TO:
MARTHA BLAKELY
WHATCOM COUNTY
COUNCIL OFFICE
DOCUMENT TITLE:
Resolution appointment of agent to receive claims for damages (RCW
4.96.020)
REFERENCE NUMBER(S) OF DOCUMENTS ASSIGNED OR RELEASED:
Resolution #2007 -005
GRANTOR(S):
Whatcom County
GRANTEE(S):
Whatcom County Public Works Director
ABBREVIATED LEGAL DESCRIPTION (Lot, block, plat, or section, township, range)
Additional legal description can be found on page of document.
None
ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER:
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