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Upcoming Loss Prevention Training: Supervisor Recruitment, Onboarding, and Leadership (and Much More): Here’s a list of upcoming loss prevention training. The events calendar has registration details.

2023 Risk Pool Calendar Photo Contest: Do you have an amazing photo of a local government facility or attraction that you’d like to share?  The TML Risk Pool prepares an annual calendar to distribute from our booth at the TML Annual Conference.  We’re looking for one photo that captures the spirit of Texas local government. It could be a downtown, a landscape, or anything representing your community. The winning photo will be featured on the cover of the 2023 Risk Pool calendar.  Please send your photo(s) to memberservices@tmlirp.org by April 1, 2022. A winner will be selected by a committee comprised of Risk Pool staff members. Here are some guidelines to follow: (1) each Member may submit a maximum of two photos; (2) submissions should comply with applicable copyright regulations and those with identifiable faces must include an appropriate written waiver; and(3) files should be no larger than 4MB in .jpg or .png format (higher resolution files may be requested from the winner).

Rerate Season: Underwriting is already working on rerates for the 2022-23 Fund Year. Please log onto the Member Portal and review and submit any changes to all applicable schedules (auto, real and personal property, and mobile equipment) by April 1, 2022.  Please contact your MSM if you need assistance.

Member Spotlight:  City of Caldwell Plan Program: Each year, Loss Prevention Representatives identify a list of “high priority members” based upon an analysis of losses, trends, contributions, loss ratios, experience modifiers, member functions and operations, and other considerations/needs. One goal for this process is to identify service plan recommendations and action plans to improve the member’s risk management efforts. This is a cooperative effort between the identified high priority member and the assigned loss prevention representative. The Pool identified the city of Caldwell as a high priority member for the 2020-2021 contribution period. After analyzing loss history trends with Risk Pool Loss Prevention Representative Jimmy Hoskins, and the city identified several areas where improvements could be made to strengthen the city’s safety program. The city has approximately 65 full time employees who provide a vast array of services to citizens including law enforcement, volunteer fire, public works, parks, and various utilities like electricity, water, and wastewater. One item on the action plan was creation of a safety program for all the city’s operations. Jimmy provided a copy of the Risk Pool’s Sample Safety Manual to City Manager Camden White as a resource and offered to assist with development. Mr. White stated, “We had to make the decision that we always want our employees to return home safely. TMLIRP provided an excellent template for starting our safety plan.” Mr. White assigned Safety Officer Kenny Stefik to oversee the completion of the program. The creation of a safety plan was one of several action items suggested by Jimmy that the City of Caldwell agreed to complete during the 2020-2021 fund year. Besides the safety program, the City has also made progress on two other action items. One is implementation of a formal accident investigation policy and the second was driver training for all employees to combat increasing losses under the City’s auto coverages. The finalized safety manual is being implemented into the City’s operations. Loss Prevention will be providing driver training sessions to employees during the month of January to assist the City with their training efforts.

Legislative Update: Global Opioid Agreement: Last week, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office secured $1.167 billion for Texas from the $26 billion opioid agreement with the three largest pharmaceutical distributors, Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen. The Texas Attorney General previously entered into an intrastate agreement with counties and cities regarding the opioid crisis.

15 percent of the funds distributed to Texas are to be allocated to political subdivisions, including cities. Exhibit B of the agreement shows the funding allocations to Texas cities. Funds are generally to be used for costs associated with “opioid remediation” as that term is characterized in the settlement agreement. Cities should review the settlement agreement with their city attorney to determine their interest in any amount the state receives and how the funds may be used.

Service in Focus:  Lexipol’s LocalGovU

TML Risk Pool is pleased to provide Lexipol’s LocalGovU for online training of member agency personnel, providing increased flexibility and cost-effective access to extensive course content. Learn more here.