Resolution - 8298L
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RESOLUTION NO. 8298
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO THE ASSUMPTION OF WORKERS'
COMPENSATION CLAIMS UPON DISSOLUTION OF THE
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FIRE AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Cities of Covina and West Covina have taken
action to dissolve the San Gabriel Valley Fire Authority (the
"Authority") as of February 1, 1989; and
WHEREAS, upon dissolution, the Cities of Covina and West
Covina do not wish to jointly fund and administer Workers' Compensation
claims brought against the Authority; and
WHEREAS, to effect the revocation of Self -Insured Certificate
Number P-2023, held by the Authority, the Manager of Self -Insurance
Plans requires that all claims, both open and closed, he assumed by
either the City of Covina or the City of West Covina; and
WHEREAS, all employees of the Fire Departments of the Cities
of Covina and West Covina were transitioned to the Authority between
December 1, 1986 and February 1, 1988 and the Authority became the
successor to the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") that was in effect
in each Fire Department at the time of the transition; and
WHEREAS, for the duration of the Authority, the employees
of the Authority have consisted of firefighters in the positions of
Firefighter, Engineer and Captain, whose terms and conditions of
employment have been governed by either the Covina Fire Department
MOU or the West Covina Fire Department MOU, and managers, administrators
and clericals in the positions of General Manager, Chief of Operations,
Battalion Chief, Assistant Fire Marshal, Fire Protection Specialist,
Public Education Specialist, Department Secretary, Senior Account
Clerk, Account Clerk, Administrative Clerk and Stenographer; and
WHEREAS, upon dissolution of the Authority, each employee
of the Authority will be transitioned to either the Covina Fire
Department or the West Covina Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Covina has adopted or will
adopt a Resolution assuming all Workers' Compensation claims of
Authority employees who held designated positons in the Authority;
and
WHEREAS, the City Councils of the Cities of Covina and West
Covina intend that these two resolutions, when taken together, provide
for the assumption of all Workers' Compensation claims that have been
brought or may be brought against the Authority for injuries allegedly
suffered at any time during the entire period of the Authority's
existence, to February 1, 1989.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina
does resolve as follows:
Section 1. All liability arising on or after February
1, 1989, for the _39 claims listed in the "Workers' Compensation
Claims Management Reports", attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made
a part hereof by this reference, is hereby assumed by the City of
West Covina.
Section 2. All liability for Workers' Compensation claims,
both open and closed, alleging injuries suffered by employees of the
San Gabriel Valley Fire Authority who, at the time of the alleged
injury, occupied the positions of Firefighter, Engineer and Captain
under the terms and conditions of the West Covina Fire Department
MOU and the positions of General Manager, Battalion Chief (training,
B shift and C shift), Assistant Fire Marshal, Fire Protection
Specialist, Department Secretary, Senior Account Clerk, Account Clerk
and Administrative Clerk is hereby assumed by the City of West Covina.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Resolution and the same shall take effect on
• February 1, 1989. The City Clerk shall forthwith transmit a duly
executed copy of this Resolution to the City Council of the City of
Covina.
1989. PASSED AND ADOPTED this In+h day of Janilary
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CITY OF WEST COVINA
or
ATTEST:
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City Clerk, City of t Covina
I HEREBY CERTIFY the foregoing resolution was duly adopted
b ,the City Council of the City of West Covina, California, at the
requlii'YL meeting thereof held on the In day of January
1939;-bv the: -following vote of the Council:
AYES:
Councilmember:
NOES:
Councilmember:
ABSENT:
Councilmember:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmember:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
McFadden,
None
Tarozzi
None
City Clerk
Ewka.Ge� '? tuss-t .
City ttorney, City of West Covina
Lewis, Bacon, Manners
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Exhibit A
Workers' Compensation
Claims Management Reports
EMPLOYEE NAME
LAST
FIRST
DATE(S) OF INJURY
Allen,
Gregory
1//8
12/2525/88
Argo,
Ron
10/22/87
06/17/88
12/08/88
Brooks,
Steve
09/15/87
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Bryant,
Harry
05/05/87
06/10/87
02/19/88
Curtis,
Terry
12/04/87
Elkins,
Sherwin
10/28/88
.Fournier,
Dan
06/19/87
03/23/88
04/03/88
Frodsham,
Gregory
09/15/87
Gambill,
Kenneth
05/07/88
11/24/88
Geurts,
John
12/08/88
Goode,
Richard
12/06/87
Gormican,
Paul
02/20/88
Haver,
Stephen
07/10/88
Johnson,
Jerald
08/15/88
Mactlaster,
Charles
06/29/87
McClelland,
Robert
04/01/88
10/14/88
Mitchell,
Denis
09/04/88
Moody,
Ray
10/18/88
Price,
Jon
12/08/88
Puglisi,
Richard
12/04/87
Schieldge,
James
12/26/87
09/05/88
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Slicker,
Gary
09/21/88
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Stowe,
Kenneth
06/12/88
Thomas,
Larry
08/05/87
Van Hulzen,
David
08/16/88
Wademan,
Norman
06/01/87
04/10/88
Williams,
H.S.
01/04/88
Wirtz,
Mike
10/02/87