Resolution No. 228806�
RESOLUTION NO 2288
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ESTABLISHING A POLICY OF DEFENDING AND INDEMNIFYING
CITY OF CYPRESS/CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT
PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES INDIVIDUALLY NAMED IN
LAWSUITS ARISING OUT OF THE LAWFUL ADMINISTRATION OF
THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES
WHEREAS, Public Officials and employees of governmental agencies have
increasingly become the target of personal lawsuits stemming directly from the
lawful administration of their official duties, and
WHEREAS, the personal finances of the Public Officials and employees
individually named in such lawsuits are threatened and
WHEREAS, Section 825 of the Government Code provides for the defense and
indemnification of public employees individually named in such lawsuits, and
WHEREAS the City of Cypress and the Cypress Recreation and Park District
jointly self -insure their public liability risks including excess insurance
which individually covers, above $100,000, their Public Officials and employees for
liability risks within the scope of their employment, and
WHEREAS, the City and District desire to confirm their existing policy of
defending and indemnifying their Public Officials and employees individually
named in such lawsuits
N0W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Cypress
that the City of Cypress/Cypress Recreation and Park District's joint self-
insurance liability program shall provide for the defense and indemnification
of City and District Public Officials and employees named in lawsuits arising
out of the lawful administration of their official duties
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 8th day of September 1980
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY CLE
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OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 8th day of September 1980 by the following roll call vote
AYES• 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS. Coronado Mullen Rowan and Evans
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS. None
ABSENT' 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Lacayo
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CITY CLERCSF THE CI't OF CYPRESS