Ordinance - 1109ORDINANCE NO. 1109
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA ADDING CHAPTER 4.6 TO ARTICLE II OF
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDING FOR
REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OF EMPLOYEES.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4.6 consisting of Sections 2475 to 2478
inclusive,`,.is hereby added to Article II of the West Covina Municipal
Code to read:
"CHAPTER 4.6 - REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OF EMPLOYEES.
2475. SCOPE
Pursuant to Section 53240 of the Government Code and pursuant
to the procedures and limitations contained in this Article, the
City will pay the current market value or the cost of replacing
or repairing property or prostheses of City employees such as
eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, watches and articles of clothing
necessarily worn or carried by such employees when such items are
damaged in the line of duty without fault of such employee and
not due to the negligence of any person.
2476. CLAIMS.
An employee requesting reimbursement pursuant to this
Chapter shall submit his verified claim therefor upon a form
supplied by the City Clerk to his Department Head. The claim
shall be filed within ten days after he becomes aware of the damage
or destruction of the property or prostheses unless prevented by
is disability, act of God, or other good reason, and the Department
Head so finds. The claim shall be accompanied by proof of the
current value of the property of prostheses damaged or destroyed
and the cost of repairs and replacement.
2477. ACTION UPON CLAIMS.
If the Department Head determines that the property or
prostheses referred to in the claim was necessarily worn or carried
by the employee, was damaged in the line of duty without fault of
the employee and not due to the negligence of any person, he shall
recommend to the City Manager that the claim be allowed. If the
City Manager finds that the employee is entitled to reimbursement,
he shall approve the claim and authorize its payment if the amount
claimed does not exceed $200.00. If the amount claimed exceeds
$200.00, the City Manager shall recommend to the City Council that
the claim be allowed. If the City Council determines that the
City employee is entitled to reimbursement, it shall approve the
claim and authorize its payment in the amount determined to be due.
The denial of a claim by either the Department Head, the
City Manager or City Council shall be final and not subject to review.
2478. AMOUNT ALLOWABLE.
it If an employee is entitled to reimbursement under this
Chapter, the amount of reimbursement shall be the current market
value of the property or prostheses damaged or destroyed or the
cost of its repair or replacement, whichever is less."
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SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by
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Passed and approved this 8th day of D cember .......196
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1109 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 24th day of November , 1969. That, thereafter,
said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 8th day of December 1969, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Nichols, Chappell, Lloyd, Gleckman
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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