1 Reso. No. 8467
RESOLUTION NO. 8467
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY
OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, NOTICING INTENT
TO WITHDRAW FROM INDEPENDENT CITIES RISK
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (ICRMA)
WHEREAS, Independent Cities Risk Management Authority (ICRMA) is a pooled insurance created under the state law as a joint powers authority for the purpose of sharing risks and providing excess insurance coverage; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hawthorne has been a long term member of ICRMA; and WHEREAS, the ICRMA’s Amended Bylaws dated August 12, 2021 provides in Article V(F)(2)(a) that a withdrawing city member must submit a city council resolution authorizing the withdrawal from ICRMA and ICRMA programs as the action ; and WHEREAS, Article V(F)(2)(b) of the Amended Bylaws states that a Notice to Withdraw from ICRMA is not effective unless a year notice is provided, meaning that such notice must be given on or before July 1st of the current year in order to be effective to withdrawn by July 1st of the following year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hawthorne, without waiving its rights to legally contest and challenge the various parts of the ICRMA’s Bylaws, including, but not limited to, Article V(F)(2) of the Amended Bylaws, desires to withdraw its membership in ICRMA and participation in ICRMA programs.
WHEREAS, such a withdrawal is in the best interest of the City of Hawthorne for flexibility and cost effective programs of pooling or other insurance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hawthorne, California as follows:
SECTION 1. The recitals in Resolution No. 8467 are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City of Hawthorne desires to withdraw from its membership with ICRMA as soon as its legally feasible and directs the City Attorney and the City Manager to take 2 Reso. No. 8467
all necessary steps to effectuate the withdrawal on or before July 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2025, without waiver of the City’s right to pursue earlier termination.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause this Resolution and this certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Council of the City.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of May, 2024.
ALEX VARGAS, Mayor
City of Hawthorne, California
ATTEST:
DAYNA WILLIAMS-HUNTER, City Clerk
City of Hawthorne, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBERT M. KIM, City Attorney
City of Hawthorne, California