Sec. 24.403. - Duties of Risk Manager.

(a) The Risk Manager shall oversee and supervise the City's insurance and risk management activities pursuant to Chapter 128, Ordinance Code, federal law and Florida law; and shall perform such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned from time to time by the Mayor, the Director of Finance/CFO or law. (b) The Risk Manager is authorized, on behalf of the City and participating independent agencies, to sign insurance documents accepting the binding of insurance coverage(s) for those designated risks for which the purchase of such insurance coverage(s) will transfer some or all of the risks to the insurer, provided that the purchase of such insurance coverage(s) or the broker services to obtain such insurance coverage(s) have been obtained through the City's Procurement Code, Chapter 126 , Ordinance Code, and the appropriate available balance has been budgeted and previously encumbered, and any other insurance policy the Director and the Risk Manager agree to be necessary for any risks that may arise. Specifically, the Risk Manager is authorized, on behalf of the City and participating independent agencies, to sign insurance documents accepting the binding of the following anticipated and known insurance coverages: (1) Property and Casualty Insurance Brokerage Services; (2) Aircraft Liability and Physical Damage; (3) Excess Workers' Compensation; (4) Watercraft; (5) Rails to Trails/RR Crossings; (6) Liability & Excess Liability; (7) Environmental Pollution Liability; (8) Crime Coverage/Fidelity Bond: (9) Fine Arts; (13) Wharfingers Liability; (14) Special Events; and (15) Voting & Elections. The Risk Manager is further authorized, on behalf of the City and participating agencies, to sign insurance documents accepting the binding of additional coverages when the Director and the Risk Manager agree that a need for such additional coverages has arisen. (c) The Risk Manager shall be the City's authorized representative (the "Authorized Representative") for purposes of the City's compliance with Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act ("MMSEA") of 2007. As Authorized Representative, the Risk Manager has ultimate accountability for the City's and the participating independent agencies' compliance with the Medicare Secondary Payer ("MSP") mandatory reporting provisions of MMSEA, and is authorized, on behalf of the City and participating independent agencies, to bind the City and participating independent agencies to contracts and the terms of MMSEA Section 111 requirements and processing. The duties and responsibilities of the Risk Manager, as Authorized Representative, shall be those promulgated by the MSP mandatory reporting provisions in Section 111 of MMSEA through user guides and administrative rules, regulations, and procedures. (Ord. 2006-1194-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-839-E, § 4; Ord. 2009-374-E, § 1)