GOAL STATEMENT #1:

Reduce and prevent members’ losses through the establishment and implementation of loss control policies, procedures and practices.

2011 OBJECTIVE STATEMENTS

  1. Sponsor twenty (20) training seminars related to losses and/or areas of concern.  Continue to expand OSHA training by obtaining the services of professional OSHA trainers. 
  2. Encourage members to attend at least ten (10) hours of MVRMA-sponsored training annually.
  3. Develop a MVRMA orientation for new department heads to educate them on the importance of loss control and safety.
  4. Continue coordination of training efforts with MVCC, CLG, the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), PERRP, OBWC and others in order to provide the most diverse yet economical training program.
  5. Conduct a minimum of three (3) pre-scheduled "Site Visits" to each member and 60 site visits pool-wide.  Site visits shall include, at a minimum, a Claims Site Visit, a SPEC Site Visit and a Law Enforcement Best Practices Survey.
  6. Provide a follow-up to all members after the SPEC audit and Law Enforcement Best Practices Survey summarizing the Loss Control Manager's concerns, and include model policies when appropriate.
  7. Develop the annual 5-year loss to premium ratio report by jurisdiction.  Schedule site visits for those cities with a ratio greater than 60%.  Prior to the site visits, prepare an analysis that details losses by type, frequency and department to pinpoint possible trends and the correlation (or lack thereof) between claims and their cause.
  8. Provide for a loss control “Needs Assessment” for each new member that joins MVRMA.
  9. Continue efforts to train MVRMA Board Members in the basics of risk management and pooling by sending four Board members (in addition to the Board President) to PRIMA or AGRIP-sponsored Trustees Seminars annually.
  10. Provide on-site job analysis and operational loss control analysis within municipal departments as requested.
  11. Continue training for employment practices liability to include Sexual Harassment, Legal and Effective Employment Terminations, Legal and Effective Performance Evaluations and Workplace Violence.
  12. Plan and facilitate eight driver training sessions including the scheduling of instructors and arranging of site locations.
  13. Identify the most significant areas of claims activity based on frequency and severity and provide loss control training in those areas.
  14. Contact representatives from each city's safety committee to discuss mutual concerns and problems and develop possible training solutions.
  15. Continue to offer an Administrative Assistants Training and Supervisory Training annually.
  16. Coordinate the Law Directors' Roundtable which plans to meet on a regular basis.
  17. Provide for re-certification of driver training instructors and certification of new instructors.
  18. Develop best practice guidelines for complying with Public Records Law.