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always exceed the liability limits of the Host Committee's insurance policy and • the City's LMCIT policy. I spoke with John Kelly, one of St. Paul's assistant city attorneys, who drafted the Agreement about this issue. John informed me that the liability limit for the Host Committee insurance policy does not include defense costs, which are covered separately and there is no limit for these costs. John informed me that most of the costs relating to events like the Convention are usually defense costs. John also told me that the $10,000,000 liability limit amount was not arrived at arbitrarily. St. Paul spent a lot of time researching the issue and deciding the amount. There were many meetings with several cities' public risk managers and the insurance broker. The amount was determined by studying the claims that arose from many past high-profile events (such as other political conventions, the Olympics, etc.) and doubling the amount of the total claims from the event that had the highest amount. • 2. Section 11.2. This Section is the League of Minnesota Cities' biggest concern ("[t]he [City] shall be responsible for injuries or death of its own [personnel]"). The League is concerned about this Section because if the Host Committee's insurance is not sufficient, this Section could cause the parties to blame each other. The Agreement states that assisting officers are under the supervision, command and control of the St. Paul Police Department yet the City is responsible for its own acts and/or omissions and those of its officials, employees, representatives and agents in carrying out the terms of the Agreement. This sets up a potential conflict between the City and St. Paul in the event that they are both named as defendants in a lawsuit. According to John Kelly, contrary to what was previously believed, the assisting officers will not be under the command and control of the St. Paul Police Department. This statement was in previous versions of the Agreement, but has been removed. Instead, a system will be used that is known in the law enforcement community as "unified command." It is supposedly widely used by law enforcement agencies. The assisting officers will work collaboratively, but within their own departments. 3. The League of Minnesota Cities is also concerned that the Agreement does not address claims that the City might have with a party other than St. Paul. If officers from a number of jurisdictions are working together, there is no agreement to address liability in these cases. It is the League's opinion that in addition to liability issues, this could affect workers' compensation claims. As discussed above, the assisting officers from the City will work collaboratively, but within their own departments. This means that they will not be mixed with assisting officers from other departments on an assignment. Therefore, the City should not have any claims against any other departments, other than St. Paul. 335193vl SJS NE136-21 3