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Resolution - 8298L • 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 L • CITY OF WEST COVINA or ATTEST: vmf- 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 - 2 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 • 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 • Slicker, Gary 09/21/88 • 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