County insurance won’t cover stolen dozer

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County insurance won’t cover stolen dozer

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Mike Buffington

in County Government Archives, Top Stories & Breaking News

Thursday, January 26. 2012

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Unless the county attorney can work some legal magic, Barrow County’s taxpayers will absorb the $74,837 loss of a rented bulldozer stolen last month from a county work site.

The county’s insurance carrier, Travelers Insurance, notified the Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 10 that the county’s policy does not cover the loss of the John Deere 450J bulldozer leased in late October from United Rentals of Bogart and stolen around Dec. 12-13.

Because the theft occurred at the end of the rental period, the county crew didn’t realize the dozer had been stolen until Dec. 14, when a rental company employee came to pick it up from the job site near the intersection of Highway 81 and Hoyt King Road.

For the full story, see the Jan. 25 print or e-edition of the Barrow Journal.

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#1 Are any of us surprised by this?? on 01/26/12 at 03:56 PM [Reply]

Just another few thousand $$$$ of tax payer money down the drain under the watchful eye of Dumbwood and his merry band of buffoons.

#1.1 A Friend on 01/26/12 at 04:03 PM [Reply]

And Danny doesn't think we need a professional county manager? Bye, bye Danny!!!

#2 Michael Robinson on 01/26/12 at 04:53 PM [Reply]

I'm assuming they'll develop policies for keeping track of rented equipment after this.

On the plus side, the lesson could have been learned with a much more expensive piece of machinery.

#3 Anonymous on 01/26/12 at 05:57 PM [Reply]

Must be different for governments. Contractors must have what's called Inland Marine insurance to cover such losses. If you don't have a policy you can give them a copy of, they add the insurance to the equipment lease.

So typiwecal of government buracrats. Arrogant to think nobody would dare steal anything from the "county". Yeah...that really worked out.

I guess we will read next week that some poor schmuck that handles the insurance for the county will get repremanded or terminated. Knowing all the time that Yearwood was too dumb to add the theft and loss coverage to the lease. As I said above, as a contractor, you either had a verifiable policy or it was added to the lease.

#4 WTF??? on 01/26/12 at 06:44 PM [Reply]

This should be the nail in the coffin for NAT DUKES!! If a Deputy would have left his car running while he went inside McD's and it was tolen he would be fired. Just leaving it on the side of the road is GROSS NEGLIGENSE!! Danny, do something right for once and hold some accountable!!

#4.1 Are any of us surprised by this?? on 01/26/12 at 11:52 PM [Reply]

You must be new... Danny and the boys are "Not Accountable to Anyone" I'm sure the tax and spend it all BOC can get the money out of those upside down suckers (sorry I meant Homeowners)

#5 GPS on 01/26/12 at 09:00 PM [Reply]

I can't believe the rental company didn't have a GPS tracking device on this piece of equipment. Maybe the county should look into this and purchase some for future rentals. They cost a lot less than $74,837!

#6 Jack Legg on 01/27/12 at 07:19 AM [Reply]

I sure do hate to sound like a broken record, but once again we can thank yearwood for this. How you say is it his fault ticked off?
Firts yearwood got rid of a very comepetnt guy who was acting as county manager , he woyukld have known to get insurance on a piece of high dollar rented equipment. next he was replaced by the incompetetent yearwood himself and had someone who was unqualified take over day to day operations of the road dept.Never in the next four yearws was either one of them competent enough to perform the needed oversight for this kind of administrative function.
Yearwood has failed again.

#6.1 Beth on 01/27/12 at 07:26 AM [Reply]

How is this Yearwood's fault??? Nat Dukes should be FIRED for this one, actually he should have been FIRED long ago. I just hope Danny will do the right thing and get rid of him!

#7 Jack legg on 01/27/12 at 07:31 AM [Reply]

get someone to re read the post to you sister. yearwood tore down the administrative infrastructure, yearwood was the head of the snake, yearwood very likely told them not to get the insurance because it would cost too much, how muchdoes it cost now?

#7.1 Anon on 01/27/12 at 07:50 AM [Reply]

Problem "idiot" you have no idea what Yearwood told them to do or not do. Get a life, you are not going to get elected in any form in this county.

#8 TickedOff on 01/27/12 at 11:05 AM [Reply]

Was the dozer called in for pick-up and the rental company waited until it was conveinent to pick it up? Does the copy of the rental agreement have a signature waiving insurance coverage by United Rentals. If so then the certificate of insurance provided by the county should cover it? Does it have a GPS on it that the rental company provided? Those are some questions Id like to know the answers to. And why doesnt the insurance cover it?

#8.1 A Friend on 01/27/12 at 11:18 AM [Reply]

Ticked- Grab a copy of the 1/25 Journal for the full story and it will answer some of your questions.

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