CC Resolution No. 13-056 Authorize City Attorney to Settle Claims up to $15,000 RESOLUTION 1V0. 13-056
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUN�CIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SETTLE CLAIMS,LITIGATION, AND
OTHER MATTERS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $15,000
WHEREAS, Cupertino Municipal Code section 2.18.020(E) requires the City
Attorney to obtain the City Council's permissi��n to compromise, settle, or dismiss any
action for or against the City; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section�a34.5 provides that a local public entity by
ordinance or resolution, may authorize an em��loyee of the entity to perform certain
functions of the governing body; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, pursuant to Resolu.tion No. 5120, the City Council delegated
to the City Attorney settlement authority up to one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500.00), and staff has been unable to locate any documentation evidencing that the
amount of authority delegated to the City Attor.ney has been updated since 1979.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE�� that the City Council does hereby
approve the following:
Section 1: The provision of Resoluti��n No. 5120 delegating to the City
Attorney settlement authority up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) is
hereby rescinded and updated as set forth in �,ection 2 below.
Section 2: The City Attorney has thE� authority, with the concurrence of the
City Manager, to compromise, settle, or dismiss any claim or action for or against the
City for a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), when in the opinion of
the City Attorney, such a settlement would be� in the best interests of the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 18th day of June, 2013 by the following vote:
Vote Members of the CitY Council
AYES: Mahoney, Wong, Chang, Santoro
NOES: None
ABSENT: Sinks
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Grace Schmidt, City Clerk Orrin Mahoney, or City of Cupertino