RESOLUTION NO. XXXX-2023
RESOLUTION OF THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL APPOINTING DIRECTOR TO REPRESENT AND VOTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FORT BRAGG ON THE CALIFORNIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL RISK AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHEREAS, the City of Fort Bragg has been a member of the Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund (REMIF) since December 31, 1978; and WHEREAS, REMIF is a risk sharing pool of small to medium sized cities and towns (referred to as Members) which contribute to a shared fund that pays for liability and workers’ compensation claims and provides risk management services to its Members; WHEREAS, pools are empowered by the California Government Code to exist as Joint Powers Authorities (JPA); and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 4334-2020 approved an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement and the bylaws of REMIF and approved the joint powers agreement and bylaws for Public Agency Risk Sharing Authority of California (PARSAC), also a public agency representing small to medium cities/towns and one fire district; and WHEREAS, the REMIF and PARSAC Board of Directors voted to recommend that their respective Member agencies merge the two organizations by creating a new risk pool named the California Intergovernmental Risk Authority (CIRA or “The Authority”); and WHEREAS, the self-insured health plan provided by REMIF will remain under the control of REMIF; and WHEREAS, Article V of the CIRA bylaws states that the Board shall be comprised of one Director from each Member and an Alternate Director and the Alternate Director may only cast a vote in the absence of the Director; and WHEREAS, Article V of the CIRA bylaws states that a Member may change any of its representatives to the Board only by written notification to CIRA from the Member’s governing body; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk has been the CIRA Board Member and the Human Resources Manager has been the designated Alternate Director; and WHEREAS, City wishes to designate the Human Resources Manager as the CIRA Director and the Administrative Analyst as the Alternate Director.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg does hereby designate the Human Resources Manager as the CIRA Director for the City of Fort Bragg replacing the City Clerk as the CIRA Director and designate Administrative Analyst as the Alternate Director for the City of Fort Bragg.
The above and foregoing Resolution was introduced by Councilmember_________, seconded by Councilmember__________, and passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg held on the 10th day of October, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
BERNIE NORVELL
Mayor
ATTEST:
Cristal Munoz, Acting City Clerk
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