BURTON CITY COUNCIL APPROVES INSURANCE PLAN ADJUSTMENT
The Burton City Council approved a change to its law enforcement liability insurance policy at its meeting Tuesday.
The council agreed to increase its deductible from $1,000 to $10,000 while decreasing the coverage from $500,000 to $300,000.
City Secretary Adrian Cepeda said the insurance protects the city in the event that a law enforcement official is injured while responding to an incident in the city. She explained that the city has never had any claims of this nature, adding that most departments have their own insurance to cover injury.
According to Cepeda, the change will save the city around $500 a year.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the council removed an item from the agenda requiring 911 addresses to be posted on the outside of every business and home in the city.
The council also tabled two items to allow for more time to gather information on them, those being items to add employee insurance for real and personal property loss due to crime and to pay $2,362.50 to renew the city’s FASTCourt municipal court software.
The council is waiting to see how much the insurance will cost per month and how much the city uses the municipal court software. If the council decides to move forward with the software subscription, it will call a special meeting before the subscription due date of August 31st.