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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-032
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROPRIATING $485,000 FROM THE
AVAILABLE BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND TO THE
PUBLIC LIABILITY EXPENSE BUDGET TO COVER
ANTICIPATED COSTS AND EXPENSES RELATED TO
CURRENT PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS THROUGH THE
END OF THE FISCAL YEAR
WHEREAS, annually, the City's budget includes funds to defend and to pay settlements
on claims against the City based on typical claims activity; and
WHEREAS, each tort claim made against the City is reviewed on intake and monthly
thereafter by Risk Management and the City Attorney to evaluate the City's liability for the
claim and the potential ultimate cost to the City to defend or settle the claim; and
WHEREAS, depending upon the number and complexity of claims received the cost to
defend or settle them may exceed the costs anticipated during budget preparation; and
WHEREAS, during the annual budget process, funds are appropriated to pay anticipated
costs and expenses related to liability claims against the City during that fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, these budget estimates are based on prior years' "normal" claims activity
plus anticipated unusual expenditures based on known claim exposures at the time the budget is
prepared; and
WHEREAS, on occasion multiple claims will come to fruition earlier than anticipated or
claims of a magnitude not previously anticipated will occur; and
WHEREAS, as of December 2004, all appropriations for public liability claims defense
for the fiscal year have been exhausted due to some unusually complex claim defense
requirements, all of which were approved by prior Council actions; and
WHEREAS, in order to continue to defend claims as necessary through the end of the
fiscal year an additional appropriation of $485,000 is required; and
WHEREAS, the $485,000 will be appropriated from the available General Fund balance
to the Public Liability Expense Budget in the Human Resources/Risk Management (07730)
Budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby approve the appropriation of $485,000 from the available balance of the
General Fund to the Public Liability Expense Budget to cover anticipated costs and expenses
related to current public liability claims through the end ofthe fiscal year.
Resolution 2005-032
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Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Marcia Raskin
Human Resources
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 1st day of February, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, Davis, McCann, Rindone and Padilla
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
CLLtL
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cl
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2005-032 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1st day of February, 2005.
Executed this 1st day of February, 2005.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City rk