Warren-Newport Public Library District
Lake County, Illinois
Board of Trustees
Policy 1040
Indemnification and Insurance
Adopted: June 13, 2006
Reviewed/Revised: August 21, 2012; August 18, 2015; July 17, 2018; February 15, 2022
ARTICLE 1. RIGHT TO INDEMINIFICATION
The Warren-Newport Public Library District (WNPLD) will indemnify any present or former
Trustee, officer, employee, or agent to the fullest extent possible under applicable law against
expenses including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses,
actually incurred by such person relating to their conduct as a Trustee, officer, employee, or agent
of the Library District, except that indemnification shall not apply in the following circumstances:
• For a breach of the duty of loyalty to WNPLD;
• For acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of the law;
• For a transaction from which such person derived an improper personal benefit or
facilitated the improper personal benefit of another;
• Against judgments, penalties, fines, and settlements arising from any proceeding by or in
the right of WNPLD, or against expenses in any such case, where such person shall be
adjudged liable to WNPLD.
ARTICLE 2. INSURANCE
WNPLD may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
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