HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1972-6519RESOLUTION NO. 6519
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA URGIPIG THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES TO
FORMULATE AND SUPPORT A PLAN FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED
STATE-WIDE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR MUNICIPALITIES
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the constantly increasing scope of public
liability for municipalities and the accompanying limitations imposed
by the courts on the concepts of governmental immunity have caused
substantial increases in public liability insurance premiums which
portend to increase even more dramatically in the future, and
L^TI3EREAS, in addition to increasing premiums, the field
of companies willing to write public liability insurance, as well
as the scope of coverage contained in such policies, has been steadily
decreasing to the point where few carriers will write any type of
public liability insurance and coverage has been reduced in effective-
ness, and
WHEREAS, all of these factors have been especially vexatious
and difficult for the small to medium size cities in the State of Calif-
ornia, and
WHEREAS, it is now deemed desirable to formulate and
implement a plan for a state-wide public liability insurance program
which would be publicly funded and distributed among several carriers
or, in the alternative, that the State itself would establish an
insurance fund to handle public liability for the municipalities
similar to the program undertaken for Workmen's Compensation.
r10U~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista that the City Council does hereby urge the League
of California Cities to immediately institute a study for the purpose
of planning and implementing a state-wide program of public liability
insurance, in accordance with the concepts delineated herein and for
the reasons set forth hereinabove.
BE IT I'URTHER PESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City
of Chula Vista be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward
a certified copy of this resolution to the League of California Cities
for action at their Annual Convention in Anaheim, California in
October, as well as to members of the San Diego County Legislative
Delegation.
Presented by
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Tiomas D. Hamilton, Jr., Mayor
IA~,pproved as to for by
George D. Lindberg, City Attorney
ADOPTED A.'~1D APPROVED. B~ "I'HE CITY COUNNCTL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALII?`OF~;IA, this 18th day of July ~ 197 ~~
by th.e fcllowinc~ vc~~-.e, to-wit:
AYES: CaunCti~.~ite:yi Hyde, Egdahl, Scott, Hobel, Hamilton
NAPES : C a un C~ ~' m e n None
ABSENT: CaunC~~men None
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DATED:
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UI111NIMOUS COi?SFiJT FOF.T~1
IT IS HERHBY REQUESTED by the undersigned that the following
item, with the unanimous consent of the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista, be considered and acted upon by the Council pursuant
to the provisions of Section 1.16 of the Chula Vista City Code.
THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES TO FORMULATE AND SUPPORT A PLAN
FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED STATE-WIDE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR MUNICIPALITIES
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Unanimous Consent of the City Council, as indicated by the following