ATTACHMENT A
Proposed Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING
RESOLUTION NO. 20378, AND DECLARING ALL CITY
VOLUNTEERS AND CITY BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONERS TO BE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF WORKERS
COMPENSATION INSURANCE
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 20378, adopted on June 19, 2002, provided that volunteer reserve personnel are those volunteers who have been officially accepted for membership and who are registered in the Reserve Police, Fire, Mounted Police, and Aero Squadron, Citizens on Patrol, and Fire Reserve groups of the City; and WHEREAS, said volunteers were deemed to be employees of the City of Palm Springs for the limited purposes of providing them with Workers’ Compensation coverage while performing volunteer services, training and participating in community events, when requested by the City as a part of their reserve status, to provide such services; and WHEREAS, the composition of volunteer services provided to the City have expanded beyond Police and Fire Reserves and now includes volunteers in other City Departments, including Parks and Recreation, the Library, and the Airport; and WHEREAS, the City’s Human Resources Department manages the City’s volunteer program and reviews and approves volunteers to provide services to the City; and
WHEREAS, for the purposes of this resolution, City Council appointees to Boards and Commissions will be treated as volunteers for the purpose of providing Workers’ Compensation benefits; and
WHEREAS, the City maintains excess insurance coverage for workers’ compensation benefits provided to City employees.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Resolution No. 20378 is hereby rescinded.
SECTION 2. That for the purposes of this Resolution, all Boards Members and Commissioners appointed by the City Council and all volunteers that are processed and approved by the Human Resources Department shall be deemed employees of the City of Palm Springs for the limited purposes of providing them Workers’ Compensation coverage while performing volunteer services, training and participating in community events, when requested by the City as a part of their volunteer status.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager or designee shall have the authority to Resolution No. _____
determine and approve when it is in the best interest of the City to have volunteers, as designated above, participate in community events.
ADOPTED THIS 8TH DAY OF JULY, 2026.
SCOTT C. STILES
CITY MANAGER
ATTEST:
BRENDA PREE
CITY CLERK
Resolution No. _____
Resolution No. _____
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. ____ is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on July 8, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this ______ day of July, 2026.
Brenda Pree, City Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California