HomeMy WebLinkAbout2376 ORDINANCE NO. 2376
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 1902 OF ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 9,
OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE INCREASING SETTLEMENT
AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, Article I, Chapter 9, Section 1902 of the Arcadia Municipal Code
states that the City Council delegates to the City Manager the authority to allow,
compromise, or settle claims for an amount up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000); and
WHEREAS, the authority granted to the City Manager to settle liability claims was
last increased in 1992; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to promote greater efficiency in the
settlement and compromise of claims against the City; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to increase the settlement authority
of the City Manager to up to $25,000.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are hereby
adopted as findings in support of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. Article I, Chapter 9, Section 1902 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
"1902 AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER The City Council delegates authority to
the City Manager and his or her designee to review all claims for sufficiency and to reject
any and all claims. The City Council delegates to the City Manager authority to allow,
compromise, or settle claims for an amount up to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000). The City Council shall have sole authority to allow, compromise, or settle
claims for an amount in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000)."
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof is for any
reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise legally ineffective, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be
declared unconstitutional or otherwise legally ineffective.
If for any reason any portion of this Ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the balance of this ordinance shall not be affected.
SECTION 4. CEQA. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause a copy of same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen
(15) days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall take effect on the thirty-first (31St) day
after its adoption.
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Passed, approved, and adopted this 20th day of April, 2021.
Mayor of the of Arcadia
ATTEST:
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City CIF
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2376 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 20th day of April, 2020 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Beck, Chandler, Verlato, Cheng, and Tay
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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' ' Clerk o City of Arcadia
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