Resolution - 8178RESOLUTION NO. 8178
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA AUTHORIZING PAYMENT
• OF GENERAL AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE CASE'OF RONALD ALAN TOLLESON
V. CITY OF WEST COVINA, et al.
WHEREAS, certain present and former officers and
employees of the Police Department of the City of West
Covina, viz, Chief of Police Craig Meacham, Commander Ron
Holmes, Lieutenant Daniel Leonard, Lieutenant William Flynn,
Lieutenant Wayne Heieck, Officers John Vail, James Anthony,
Phil Russo, Joseph Strollo, Eugene Smith, Leland Rossman,
Franklyn Tibbets, and Ms. Theresa Hodgers, have been named
as defendants in an action presently pending in the Los
Angeles Superior Court, entitled Ronald Alan Tolleson v.
City of West Covina, et al., Case No. EAC 35885; and
WHEREAS, the Complaint in the aforementioned action
seeks both general and punitive damages from each of the
said employees; and
WHEREAS, all of the acts or omissions attributed to
each of the said employees by the said Complaint occurred
when the said employee was acting within the course and
scope of his or her employment as an employee of the City of
West Covina; and
WHEREAS, at the time of each of the said acts or
omissions, the said employee acted, or failed to act in good
faith, without actual malice and in the apparent best
interest of the City of West Covina; and
WHEREAS, payment in full, of any judgment for
damages, including punitive damages, awarded against any of
these employees, in the said action, would be in the best
interest of the City of West Covina;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
West Covina does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Based on the aforesaid findings,
determinations and declarations, the City Council of the
City of West Covina hereby authorizes the payment, in full,
of any damages, including punitive damages, which may be
awarded against any of the above -named employees, as
defendants in the said action.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED
AND
ADOPTED this
25th day of
• April
,
1988.
MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina
at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25thday of
April 1988, by the following vote of the
Council:
• AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS Tarozzi, McFadden, Lewis, Bacon, Manners
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS None ( �'
CITY CLZRK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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