RESOLUTION NO. (XX)
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH HANSON-BRIDGETT AND
PRESCOTT LAW, INCLUDING THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATION
WHEREAS, as a member of the California Intergovernmental Risk Authority (CIRA), the City obtains excess coverage from Public Risk Innovation, Solutions, and Management (PRISM); and
WHEREAS, PRISM provided the City with several neutral hearing officer options, as well as potential options for City representation; and
WHEREAS, after review and evaluation of the options, as well as the relative availability of the potential options, the City Council desires to contract with Hanson Bridgett, LLC for representation and Prescott Law as a neutral hearing officer; and WHEREAS, based on the information provided above, the proposed resolution is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 14.03.021 of the CEQA Guidelines in that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant impact on the environment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby finds that:
1. The above findings are true and correct.
2. The City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute agreements with said contractors for services in an appeal hearing.
3. The City Council approves the budget amendment and corresponding appropriations of the necessary funding for appeal hearing from the unencumbered General Fund balance, not to exceed $60,000; $40,000 for Hanson-Bridgett and $20,000 for Prescott Law.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cotati held on October 13, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:___________________________
Mayor
Attest:______________________________
Kevin Patterson, City Clerk
Approved as to form:______________________________
City Attorney