Resolution - 5370RESOLUTION NO. 5370
A. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL .OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA. APPROVING A. PROCEDURE FOR
THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, A.ND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
,MANAGER OF THE CITY --OF WEST COVINA. TO ALLOW,
COMPROMISE OR SETTLE CLAIMS FILED AGAINST THE
CITY IN THE AMOUNTS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1, 000) OR LESS.
WHEREAS, the California Tort Claims Act (Government Code
Sections 900 et seq. ) establishes a procedure for the filing of claims against
a city for injury or damage alleged to be due to the negligence of a city employee
or the dangerous or defective condition of city property, and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 911. 6 requires a public
entity to act upon such a claim within 45 days after it is presented -to it, and
WHEREA.S,in those cases where the amount claimed is $1, 000
or less, the public interest is served by the prompt investigation of the merits
of the claim, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has established a procedure for the
investigation of such claims, and
•WHEREAS, Government Code Section 935. 4 permits a City, by
resolution, to authorize an employee of the City to allow, compromise or
settle certain claims against the City:
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the
City of West Covina that:
1. The City Council -of the City of West Covina does hereby
delegate to the City Manager of the City of West Covina the authority to allow,
compromise, settle or deny claims filed against the City of West Covina in
which injury, damage or loss claimed is in the amount of one thousand dollars
($1, 000) or less.
2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
Adopted and approved this 13th day of December 1976.
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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
13th day of December , 1976, by the following vote of the council:
Resolution No. 5370
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Chappell, Shearer, Tice, Browne
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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