To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
From: Executive Office
Meeting Date: June 23, 2026
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Department Contact: |
Heather Correll Rose |
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707-234-6061 |
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Item Type: Consent Agenda |
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Time Allocated for Item: N/A |
Agenda Title:
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Adoption of Resolution Approving the Amendment to the Public Innovations, Solutions and Management (PRISM) Joint Powers Agreement and Authorize the County’s Designated Primary and/or Alternate PRISM Board Member to Execute the Proposed Amendment to the PRISM Joint Powers Agreement and Memorandums of Understanding for the Crime, Cyber and Pollution Programs
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Recommended Action/Motion:
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Adopt Resolution approving the amendment to the Public Innovations, Solutions and Management (PRISM) Joint Powers Agreement and authorize the County’s designated primary and/or alternate PRISM Board Member to execute the proposed amendment to the PRISM Joint Powers Agreement and Memorandums of Understanding for the Crime, Cyber and Pollution Programs; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:
The County of Mendocino has participated in the CSAC Excess Insurance Authority Joint Powers Agreement since 1979. Amendments to the CSAC Excess Insurance Authority Joint Powers Agreement have occurred in 1980, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2005 and 2020.
Summary of Request:
PRISM was formed by and for the California counties in 1979 by the California State Association of Counties (CSAC). Today, 54 out of the 58 counties in California participate in one or more of the PRISM programs. In 2001, PRISM expanded its offerings to other California public agencies. At this point, over 70% of the cities in California participate in one or more of the PRISM programs. PRISM is recognized as the largest public entity property and casualty pool in the United States.
After 25 years of having public entity members participate in PRISM, the members of PRISM have proposed to update the composition of the Board of Directors to recognize the partnership that the counties have with the public entity members. At present, the PRISM Board of Directors is composed of 54 county members (all county members have a voting position on the Board of Directors) and 7 public entity voting spots for a total of 61 voting members. The proposal is to add 10 additional voting public entity board seats so that the total number of public entity voting seats will be 17 (with 3 additional alternates) instead of 7 (with 3 additional alternates). This results in a total of 71 voting Board of Directors seats. Under this proposal, the counties will have a total of 76% of the total voting Board of Director seats.
PRISM has also made some other amendments to the Agreement to “clean up” the document to coincide with current practices and the future vision of the organization and to remove the word “insurance” from the Agreement since the JPA is a risk sharing pool that provides excess coverage for members and risk-sharing pools are not “insurance” under the law. This includes changing miscellaneous programs to “programs”, and requires the County to execute MOU’s for the Crime, Cyber and Pollution lines of coverage.
Alternative Action/Motion:
None.
Strategic Plan Priority Designation: An Effective County Government
Supervisorial District: All
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supplemental Information Available Online At: N/A
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budgeted in current f/y (if no, please describe): N/A |
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revenue agreement: No |
AGREEMENT/RESOLUTION/ORDINANCE APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNSEL: Yes
CEO Liaison: Darcie Antle, CEO
CEO Review: Yes
CEO Comments:
FOR COB USE ONLY
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Executed By: Deputy Clerk |
Final Status: Item Status |
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Date: Date Executed |
Executed Item Type: item |
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