Because of Comm. Gainer’s questions regarding employee absences and because Lisa Wallach, the Director of Risk Management, had been ill the day that the Finance Department had appeared for the budget review, Ms. Wallach was asked to attend the hearing today. Risk Management only administers workers’ compensation claims and absences, however. Comm. Collins was surprised to find out that the County self insures workers’ comp claims. It appeared that there has been little review and analysis of whether certain employees and certain departments have more claims than others. Comm. Steele brought up the fact that he had brought a potential vendor in who would do such analysis, but there had been no follow-up by Risk Management to issue a request for proposal. Ms. Wallach was encouraged to consider this.
--Submitted by Observer Pris Mims
