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ORDINANCE NO. O-24-1417
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN MARINO AMENDING SAN MARINO
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.06.03 PERTAINING TO
THE CITY MANAGER’S AUTHORITY TO PAY CLAIMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARINO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS
WHEREAS, San Marino Municipal Code Section 2.06.03 provides for the handling of claims by the City; and
WHEREAS, Subsection E authorizes the City Manager to approve the payment of claims in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars; and
WHEREAS, the City is a member of the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (“CJPIA”), and by virtue of participation in that program, the City has delegated the handling of certain claims to CJPIA. However, there are certain claims against the City that are not handled by CJPIA, such as workers compensation claims; and
WHEREAS, for efficiency and ease of administration, the City Council may wish to delegate additional authority to the City Manager to pay non-CJPIA covered claims.
SECTION 2. San Marino Municipal Code Section 2.06.03(E) is hereby amended to read as follows (changes in redline format for reference purposes):
“E. The city manager shall be authorized to approve payment of claims up to in an amount as delegated by City Council resolution. not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). All claims exceeding said delegated authority amount shall require the prior approval of the city council before payment.”
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared invalid or unenforceable.
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SECTION 4. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published by title and summary.
This ordinance shall take effect 30 days following publication by title and summary.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this __ th day of ___________ 2024. ____________________________
STEVEN W. HUANG, DDS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
ALISON WALKER
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JOSEPH MONTES
CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF SAN MARINO )
I HERBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. O-24-1417, was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of ____, 2024, and was approved and adopted at a Regular Meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of ____, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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ALISON WALKER, CITY CLERK
CITY OF SAN MARINO