Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 21 August '85 ^

\f * ' llf * JWajL 1 I RL - JQflk kk Dorii Word FEATHERED FRIENDS — Dotty Hoffman of Ocean City visited the Cub Scout daycamp at Cape May County Park last week with a bird exhibit from the Avian Rehabilitation Center Inc. in Palermo, Upper Township. Seventy-eight boys, aged 8-10, attended the week long camp that was sponsored by the Baysea District of the Boy Scouts of America. The camp geared the boys towards earning merit badges, according to sports instructor. Faith Barchyshyn.

Claim-Plagued , County Eyes Insurance Broker

By JOE ZELNIK COURT HOUSE - "Beseiged with claims" and facing repidly rising insurance costs, the county has retained a Baltimore consulting firm to help it seledt-an insurance broker. Insurance Buyers Council Inc. will be paid a maxLatch Key Signups Set DENNISVILLE - The Dennis Township Community Education program will hold registration for the After School Child Care Program (Latch Key) 6-8 p.m. tomorrow at the Dennis Township Elementary School. All students in kindergarten through fifth grades are eligible for the program. Only Dennis Township residents need apply. For more information or to make a reservation for registration, call Bill Zipparo, community education director at the school, at 861-2821. Special Plea For Blood COURT HOUSE - The Cape May County Chapter, American Red Cross, has issued a special appeal for people with "O" negative and "B" negative type blood. Blood collections of these two types have dropped off seriously in the PennJersey Region, the Red Cross reports, and hospital surgery schedules may be affected if the requirements aren't met. Anyone with one of the blood types mentioned is asked to call the Red Cross at 646-7000 and find out where to donate. The chapter also urges people to call if they need more information.

imum of $2,880 to prepare a request for proposals (RFP), review responses, interview qualified 1 brokers, and make recommendations, probably limited to property and liability insurance. A "broker oi record" would replace the county's current system of having an in-hour staff person place the insurance. Former Insurance Director Patricia Devaney has been doing the job for about $18,750 a year. Freeholder William E. Sturm Jr. said the broker's compensation would be covered in the RFP. In addition to a fee, the broker presumably could get a leg up on selling the insurance to the county. But Sturm said that was "not necessarily so. The insurance market is so complex right now, a lot of big companies are avoiding public entitites." THIS YEAR S county budget allocated about $3 million for insurance, but $2.3 million of it goes for the employe benefit package which. Sturm said, "probably would be excluded to a degree. "That's still open," he added. "Maybe a broker could find a more economical means of providing the same coverage we already have." County employe medical insurance currently is with Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Until three years ago, it was with Pacific Mutural, written by Charles Pessagno. President of National Associates of Cape May. The county's liability insurance is with Cape Insurance Center of North Wildwood. Its president, Ernest Yarborough, said the premium on that is "in excess of $200,000. " THE FREEHOLDERS met publicly with Pessagno on Feb. 20 to discuss the insurance broker question. They met in a closed meeting with Yarborough on Feb. 7. Yarborough said the broker question was not discussed, but he reported on the county's insurance situation and presented "an alternative type of program."

These do not appear to be topics that justify a closed meeting under the state Open Public Meetings Law. But county Counsel Harry A. Delventhal Jr. said that meeting included "a review of all active law suits and claims experience." Yarborough said he discussed "tons of problems and the reasons why. There are an aboveaverage number of claims against the county not because they're doing anything wrong, but because they're a county and perceived to have the ability to pay." YARBOROUGH SAID the insurance industry refers to that as "the deep pocket theory" sue the person with the deepest pockets "That's one reason the market is in a shambles," said Yarborough. "Insurance companies are looking to get rid of clients with a lot of claim activity. That's the reason some coverage is unavailable and premiums are higher. "If the county puts its insurance out for bids." he added, "they're not going to get any bids. I think I have them placed presently with the only companies in the world that are going to write it. I spend a lot of time looking for insurance coverage for Cape May County." Sturm told this newspaper that one reason for retaining the Insurance Buyers Council to help select a broker is that "insurance is controversial in the governmental-political world. In times past, some municipalities or counties have been accused of favoritism. "But not us," he added. "This is to preclude that happening." The county reportedly used the Insurance Buyers Council to administer its liability insurance bid procedures in 1982 Sturm said the county goal is to "wrap it up and put it to bed by midOctober" because the county will need the broker's advice "as we go into the 1966 budget."

Donations Sought by Museum SEA ISLE CITY - The City Historical Society is seeking donations of Sea Isle City Memorabilia for the recently established historical museum. "The society now has a permanent home in the city Historical Museum located behind City Hall," Doris Coulter of the museum committee said." and 'we hope residents, visitors, and anyone with Sea Isle City memorabilia, will donate it to the museum, so that it can become a permanent part of our Sea Isle Historical Records. "All donations will be officially recorded and acknowledged," Mrs. Coulter said, "and we hope , folks will go through their | attics and turn over their old Sea Isle City memorabilia to the historical society, so it may be preserved for future generation." 1 Individuals interested in donating to the museum should call Dick Alliger at City Hall. 263-1141. August Dance AVALON - The Recrea tion Department will hold its August dance 9 p.m. Saturday. The Russ Patrick Orchestra will provide the music in the Avalon Community Hall. 30th Street and Avalon Avenue.

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