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RESOLUTION NO. 1737
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY FOR THE CLAIMS
ADMINISTRATION FIRM DESIGNATED BY THE CITY TO SETTLE
OFFICIALLY FILED LIABILITY CLAIMS
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress and the Cypress Recreation and Park
District have jointly undertaken a self-insurance retention program for
liability claims; and
WHEREAS, the City and District, under this program, assume the costs
of settling each claim filed up to a maximum of $25,000 per claim; and
WHEREAS, the claims administration for the program must be handled
by a professional claims administration firm mutually designated by the
City and the program's insurance company; and
WHEREAS, the claims administration firm contracted by the City for
the supervision and administration of the self-insurance program has the
primary responsibility to the City and District to expedite the resolution
of all officially filed liability claims against the City and District in
the most efficient and economical manner possible; and
WHEREAS, the self-insurance program's insurance company has declared
that this mutually beneficial means of resolving claims requires that the
City's designated claims administration firm have authority to issue
letters of denial of claim and draft authority to $1,000 in order to
participate in the program; and
WHEREAS, the experience of other cities engaged in self-insurance
programs substantiates the need for establishing such authority:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress that they do find and declare as follows:
The City of Cypress' designated claims administration firm, when
in the course of supervising and administrating the City of Cypress and
Cypress Recreation and Park District Self -Insurance Liability Program
as specified by contractual agreement between the parties, has the
authority to issue any letters of denial of claim and draft authority
to $1,000 where such authority is deemed the most efficient and economi-
cal resolution of officially filed liability claims against the City of
Cypress and/or the Cypress Recreation and Park District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at an
adjourned regular meeting held on the 6th day of July 1976.
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MAYOR F THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of
the said City Council held on the 6th day of July 1976; by the following roll.
call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Harvey, Hudson, Lacayo, Sonju and Maciain
NOES: 0
ABSENT:
0
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
None
None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS