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RESOLurrON NO. 2137 .
A RESOLUrrON OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, EMPLOYING SPECIAL COUNSEL
ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY AND FIXING THE MEASURE
OF COHPENSATION OF SUCH COUNSEL.
WHEREAS, there was filed in the Superior Court in the State
of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles, a complaint
by IRA W. CURRY and DOROTHY N. CURRY, as plaintiffs, against the
CITY OF ARCADIA, et al, said complaint bearing file No. ,8,642~
and
WHEREAS, in addition to City of Arcadia, various officers and
officials of the City of Arcadia, including the Mayor and Council-
men, the Chief of Police, the City Attorney and the Judge of the
City Court, are named therein as defendants in their respective
official capacHies only; and
WHEREAS, the defendants named in said complaint already have
been or soon will be served with copies of summons issued in said
action, because of which it is necessary that special counsel be
retained by the City of Arcadia for the purpose of advising said
City and the officers thereof relative to the said action, and
for the purpose of preparing and filing the pleadings required
therein, and for the purpose of defending against said action;
and
WHEREAS, services of such a nature are not embraced within
the terms of employment of the City Attorney;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Counsel of the City of Arcadia does:
find, determine and resolve as follows:
Section 1. That it is to the best interests of the City of
Arcadia, and the inhabitants thereof, that special counsel be em-
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ployed for th,e purpose of advising said City and the officers
thereof relative to the aforesaid action heretofore filed against
it, and for the purpose of preparing and filing all pleadings and
documents and for the purpose of doing all things deemed by such
counsel necessary or advisable in the defense of said action.
Section 2. That
be and he, or they, is, or are, hereby employed as special coun-
sel for the purpose of advising said City and the officers there-
of relative to the said action, and for the purpose of preparing
and filing such pleadings and documents as are necessary or ad-
visable in said action, and for the purpose of defending said
action on behalf of the City and such of the named defendants, in
their official capacities only, a~ consent to such representation.
Section 3. That the City of Arcadia pay to said special
counsel thus apPointed, in compensation for his~ or their, ser-
vices to be thus rendered, the fair and reasonable value of such
services; that said special counsel shall, from time to time, sub-
mit an itemized account of the costs incurred in said action, and
a statement of the sum requested for the services rendered pursu-
ant hereto; that the costs incurred shall, upon approval of the
items, be forthwith paid.
Section 4. That the City Council shall determine the reason-
ableness of the sum requested as compensation for the services
rendered by the special counsel thus appointed, and in such de-
termination the City Council shall be the sole and exclusive judges
and their determination in this regard shall be final. Upon such
determination, the City shall pay to the special counsel thus ap-
pointed, in compensation for his, or their, services thus rendered,
the fair and reasonable value of such services as thus determined
by the City Council.
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Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia,
held on the 1st day of May, 1951, by the affirmative vote of'at
least three Co~cilmen, to-wit:
AYES; Councilmen Kennett,
Nottingham
Klomp,/Sehmocker and Sullivan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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City Clerk
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 1st
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