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Sec. 18-232. - Responsibilities of city attorney.
(a) The city attorney shall perform or supervise the performance of all legal services required to
accomplish the purposes of the self-insurance and insurance program. Legal services shall
include, but not be limited to, the defense or prosecution or negotiation of settlement agreements
of all claims or suits, the investigation of all claims and settlement of those claims found to be well
founded for which the amounts claimed are payable from the trust fund.
(b) The city attorney and such of his assistants and claims adjusters as he may designate may
compromise, settle and pay all claims which may be discharged by payment of an amount not to
exceed $25,000.00 for each individual claim. Such settlements or compromises shall be for all
damages claimed for personal injury, property damage, or both.
(c) Proposed settlements in excess of $25,000.00 shall be submitted to the city commission for its
approval prior to acceptance. The city commission shall waive its attorney -client privilege of
confidentiality for said settlements for purposes of review by the Financial Emergency Oversight
Board.
(d) Upon approval by the city commission or the city attorney, as specified in the two preceding
paragraphs [subsections (b) and (c) of this section], the city attorney shall authorize the payment
of the claim by the finance director and provide such documents as the finance director may
require.
(e) The city attorney shall render such report or reports for the settlement of claims to the committee
and the city commission as they shall require.
(Code 1967, § 16-58; Ord. No. 8718, § 1, 10-26-77; Ord. No. 10072, § 1, 1-23-86; Code 1980, § 18-104;
Ord. No. 11583, § 1, 12-30-97)
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