Resolution - 5943RESOLUTION NO. 594i-,
,A RESOLUTION. OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 5370,
APPROVING A PROCEDURE FOR THE PROCESSING OF
CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST.THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGN-_
EE TO ALLOW, COMPROMISE OR SETTLE CLAIMS FILED
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AGAINST -THE CITY IN THE AMOUNTS OF FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($5,000) 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 negli-
gence of a city employee or the dangerous or defective condition of
city property, and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 912.4 requires a public
entity to act upon such a claim within 45 days after it is presented
to it, and
WHEREAS, in those cases where the amount claimed is
$5,000 or less, the public interest is served by the prompt investi-
gation 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, com,
promise 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, or
his designee, the authority to allow compromise or settle claims
filed against the City of West Covina in which injury, damage or loss
claimed is in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less.
2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
Adopted and approved this 25th day of June 1979.
ATTEST: 'T,�.
J 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 25th day of June 1979, by the
following vote of the councili
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Tice, Shearer, Browne, Chappell
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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City Clerk