February 2022 - CORSA-broadcast

Freezing and Bursting Pipes
by Jim Hale Aug. 30, 2023

Aug. 30, 2023

As a pool CORSA has all too many high severity losses every year due to freezing and bursting pipes. In fact, freezing/bursting pipes in the aggregate accounts for much of our yearly property losses as a pool. Attached is some additional information on this all too common loss for our members. Extracted from the document: "Surprisingly, ice forming in a pipe does not typically cause a break where the ice blockage occurs. It's not the radial expansion of ice against the wall of the pipe that causes the break. Rather, following a complete ice blockage in a pipe, continued freezing and expansion inside the pipe causes water pressure to increase downstream -- between the ice blockage and a closed faucet at the end. It's this increase in water pressure that leads to pipe failure. Usually the pipe bursts where little or no ice has formed. Upstream from the ice blockage the water can always retreat back towards its source, so there is no pressure build-up to cause a break. Water has to freeze for ice blockages to occur. Pipes that are adequately protected along their entire length by placement within the building's insulation, insulation on the pipe itself, or heating, are safe." James Hale, ARM-P, ARM-E Risk Control Consultant County Risk Sharing Authority 209 East State Street Columbus, OH 43215 614.246.1630 FAX 614.220.0209

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First Amendment Audits
by Frank Hatfield April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023

Over the last few years citizen activists have been conducting "First Amendment Audits" with increasing frequency. This phenomenon does not appear to be led by an organization; rather, audits are conducted by individuals interested in videoing law enforcement and other public officials and offices. Although conducted by individuals, organizations such as the ACLU provide guidance and encourage First Amendment audits. (See ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights/#i-want-to-take-pic….) Frequently, these video audits are posted online and, if a perceived First Amendment violation occurred, the videos are the basis for a civil lawsuit. Now is a good time to review and update or create, if necessary, your County's protocol with regard to citizens videoing County operations. Fortunately, counties and public offices, such as Union County, have prepared well to withstand a "First Amendment" without incident. Union County, specifically Sheriff Patton, was kind enough to share the attached memorandum regarding recent "First Amendment Audit" activity and permit it to be distributed by CORSA broadcast email. Thank you Union County. The attached is not legal advice nor should it be construed as such. Should you require a legal opinion please contact your Prosecutor's Office or legal counsel. Frank Hatfield, Esq. CORSA Risk Manager fhatfield(a)ccao.org<mailto:fhatfield@ccao.org> 614-560-1474 614-220-0209 Fax www.corsa.org<http://www.corsa.org/> " The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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Annual PRIMA Conference Scholarship
by Jim Hale Feb. 25, 2022

Feb. 25, 2022

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Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) Conference
by Jim Hale Feb. 14, 2022

Feb. 14, 2022

CORSA offers many Risk Management services to our members and one of the most important is the opportunity to attend the PRIMA annual conference. As part of our risk management services CORSA will pay the PRIMA registration fee for a staff member from each of our members. This risk services returns excellent returns on investment to both the CORSA pool and the individual member. The continuing education provided at the conference is very high quality. The conference offers excellent information to both the experienced Loss Control Coordinator/Risk Manger and particularly staff new to their position in risk management. Attached you will find the complete list of educational opportunities at the conference. Some conference details: PRIMA is a four day educational experience for new, intermediate and seasoned public risk management professionals from around the globe. PRIMA22 is a space in which you'll learn from top industry thought leaders and peers in order to push yourself to think outside the box for creative solutions to transform your entity. PRIMA22 will be an immersive educational and networking experience that will showcases and highlight public risk trending topics. For four decades, the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) has been the one-stop resource for education and training, risk resources and networking opportunities for public sector risk managers. Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, PRIMA is the largest risk management association dedicated solely to the practice of risk management in the public sector. PRIMA's membership is made up of more than 1,400 entities. If you would like to register for the conference please contact Tricia Callihan at tcallihan(a)ccao.org , (614) 220-7993. For compete information on the conference please see the PRIMA Conference website at: https://conference.primacentral.org/2022/index.cfm James Hale, ARM-P, ARM-E, CPSI Risk Control Consultant County Risk Sharing Authority 209 East State Street Columbus, OH 43215 614.246.1630 FAX 614.220.0209 " The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.

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websites
by Michele Long Feb. 8, 2022

Feb. 8, 2022

Guernsey County is looking into making some changes to our website. Potentially as far as complete reconstruction. If your county has done this could you please provide feedback on who your county used and would recommend. Michele Long Clerk Guernsey County Commissioners Phone: 740-432-9205 Fax: 740-432-9359 mlong(a)guernseycounty.org ********** Confidentiality Notice ********** This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are confidential and are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) identified above. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the receiver of this information is not the intended recipient, or the employee, or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, reading, dissemination, distribution, copying or storage of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the electronic transmission, including all attachments from your system. All electronic transmissions sent to and from this domain (guernseycounty.org) are archived and may be viewed by other parties than the intended recipients.

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Items
by Sherry Carnahan Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

Good afternoon, Looking for answers to two different questions: If your County closed due to emergency or inclement weather, and you have people coming in for snow removal, how do you pay them? We currently treat the closing as a holiday, and if a person works, they get paid straight time for hours worked, plus the holiday pay. For pre-employment/employment, does your policy state a maximum amount of points on their drivers license a person can have to be employed, stay employed? Thanks Sherry Carnahan Finance Manager/Administrator Defiance County Commissioners 500 Court Street, Suite A Defiance, Ohio 43512 419-782-4761 Please note my email address has changed. scarnahan(a)defiancecounty.oh.gov

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