ORDER NO. 30495
WORKER'S COMPENSATION FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE 1ZESERVL
DEPUTIES
Came to be heard this the 27th day of August, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Oehler. ~hhe Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Agree to fund 3 positions through Worker's Compensation for the SheriPrs Office
Reserve Deputy program, with the amount of $1,066.62 being the premium per
position, subject to the Sheriff coming up with the funds from his budget.
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COMNIISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST

PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND TEN COPIES OF THIS REQUEST
AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REV>EWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: W.R Hierholzer
MEETING DATE: August 27 2007
SUBJECT:
Consider, discuss and take appropriate action regarding what level of worker's compensation should be
carried on Sheriff's Office Reserve Deputies.
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Sheriff Hierholzer
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: 3 minutes
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter S51 and
552, Government Code, is as follows:

Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
OFFICE: Ken County Sheriff's Office
TIME PREFERRED:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.
All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has been
prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be
appreciated and contribute towards your request being addressed at tbe earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request
Rules Adopted by Commissioners' Court.


August 27, 2007
TO: Kerr County Judge Pat Tinley and
Kerr County Commissioners' Court
FROM: Sheriff W.R. Hierholzer
RE: Worker's Comp for Reserve Deputies
Consider, discuss and take appropriate action regazding what level of
worker's compensation should be carried on Sheriff s Office Reserve
Deputies.


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Karr Coouty Sheriff
Re9esve 1)epttty 1'mgram
Came to ba heard thia the 9~' d~ of May 2005, with a motion made by Corrunissioner
TretT, seco>+ded by t^ammixyitmcc &ddwiu. The Court uetactiroousIy ;tppruvtxl by vute of
4-0-0 auiborizirt~ tha Shcril>; tv init;nld a reserve deputy shcrifPprograrn np to 10 deputies
and include workers wmp for voltmtccrs.

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August 14, 2007
Mindy, following are calculations for determining the additional premium for adding a volunteer
law enforcement personnel (reserve deputy) to Kerr County's 2007 workers' comp policy at an
assumed base annual salary rate of $5,200.
Step 1: To get the estimated payroll for one volunteer law enforcement personnel at the base
annual salary rate of $5200, divide the estimated payroll by 100. That number is then multiplied
by the rate. For 2007 the rate for volunteer law enforcement is 5.32. This figure is the manual
premium rate.
($5,200/100) x 5.32 = $276.64
Step 2: The manual premium rate is then multiplied through each of county's three modifiers:
A. $276.64 multiplied by the 1.02 Experience Modifier = $282.17
B. $282.17 x .7 = $197.52 (multiplied by the 30% Member Discount)
C. $197.52 x .9 = $177.77 (less 10% Property Discount)
Therefore, the total amount of WC premium in 2007 for the addition of 1 law enforcement
volunteer with an assumed annual salary base of $5200 for Kerr County would be $177.77.
This rate of coverage would provide $78 per week for an injured volunteer. The county may
choose to provide more than this for its volunteer law enforcement personnel; however, they
may only do so in increments of $5200 up to an assumed annual salary of $38,844. Of course,
this would mean that the additional premium would go up incrementally per volunteer as well.
.r As we discussed on the phone last week, the only requirement for adding volunteer personnel is
that either the commissioners' court will need to approve it in their minutes or the county judge
will need to send a letter requesting the coverage. Either way, the request should include the
assumed annual salary rate to be used and the number of volunteers to be covered. One final
note, we do not prorate for the volunteers. The cost would be the same to add them in
September as it would have been to add them to the policy in January of this year. Please let
me know if you need anything else.
Cynthia Brannen
Billing Coordinator
Texas Association of Counties
1-800-456-5974