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<br />: <br /> <br />,'-- . <br /> <br />(--. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />F. All action and findings by the risk manager <br />or his designee pursuant to this Section 4.18.040 shall <br />remain confidential and shall be considered <br />investigation and fact-finding in anticipation of <br />litigation under the supervision of the city attorney. <br /> <br />4.18.050 Claims review board. A. There is <br />hereby created a cla~ms review board which shall <br />consist of the city manager or his designated repre- <br />sentative, the risk manager, the city attorney or his <br />designee assistant city attorney, the director of <br />finance, and the department head involving a claim <br />within his department. The claims review board shall <br />meet only when required to determine whether or not to <br />compromise or settle a claim within the authorities <br />provided to in Section 4.18.040 above. Three members <br />present shall constitute a quorum of the board. <br />B. The risk manager or his designee shall act as the <br />secretary of the board and shall be responsible for pre- <br />paring its agenda and providing the Board with all appli- <br />cable reports and documentation necessary to properly assess <br />claims brought before it. ' <br />C. It shall be the responsibility of the risk <br />manager' and the city attorney or his designee assistant <br />city attorney to prepare a claims assessment in <br />connection with each claim brought before the board, <br />and that claims assessment shall meet all of the <br />requirements, as a minimum, of the claims settlement <br />report as set forth in Section 4.18.040C above. Said <br />claims assessment shall remain confidential and shall <br />be considered investigation and fact-finding in <br />anticipation of litigation. <br /> <br />4.18.060 Rules and regulations. In order to <br />carry out the purposes of this Chapter 4.18, the risk <br />manager may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations <br />governing the following: <br />A. the administration of programs authorized in <br />this Chapter 4.18, <br />B. the management and administration of the <br />investigation and adjustment of claims brought against <br />the City, its officials and employees, <br />C. the approval of and contract administration <br />of parties who have contracted with the City to provide <br />claims investigation, claims adjustment, and support <br />services, <br />D. development of procedures and standard forms <br />required for the processing of the claims for compro- <br />mise settlement or denial, <br /> <br />-6- <br /> <br />II~ <br />