HomeMy WebLinkAbout19990 ORD - 09/29/1987AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CITY CODE, CHAPTER 17, FINANCE AND TAXATION,
ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 17-14, SELF
INSURANCE; CLAIMS SETTLEMENT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Code, Chapter 17, Finance and Taxation,
Article I, In General, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 17-14, Self
insurance; claims settlement, to read as follows:
Sec. 17-14. Self insurance; claims settlement.
A. The City Self -Insurance Fund, as funded in the annual budget or
by amendments thereto, shall provide coverage for property and
casualty losses, general liability, auto liability, public
official liability, liability for loss of money or securities,
property losses, workers' compensation, fire, police, Emergency
Medical Technician/Paramedic, and other miscellaneous risks to
the extent not covered by contractual insurance or other
indemnification. No part of said Fund shall be expended for any
purposes other than the losses or liabilities of the City; or the
losses and liabilities of City officers, employees, and agents,
where indemnification is required by the ordinance for legal
defense of City officers and employees, or by other law, or
authorized by the City Council; or for administrative expenses
associated with the Self -Insurance Fund.
B. The City Manager or his designee may establish administrative
procedures for the settlement and payment of claims.
C. Authority to settle and pay claims from the Self -Insurance Fund
is expressly delegated to the officials and in the amounts set
forth below:
Authorized Official Dollar Amount
Workers Compensation
Risk Management Director
City Manager
$0 - $60,000
$60,000 - $80,000
All Other Claims
Risk Management Director $0 - $20,000
Risk Management Director/
City Attorney (Jointly)
City Manager
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$20,001 - $40,000
$40,001 - $60,000
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All settlements in excess of such amounts shall be approved by
the City Council.
D. The City Manager shall cause a professional acturial audit of the
Self -Insurance Fund at least every two years to determine its
adequacy in accordance with prevailing standards in the insurance
industry.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 18188 is repealed.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or
unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it
shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word
or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City
Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for the
efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an
emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to
consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular meetings so that this
ordinance is passed and shall take eff ct upon first reading as an emergency
measure this theQ9 day of 1 1i�19t .
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED: al DAY OF 5c1OL_, 1987
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
08P.106.01
THE CI OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
,f day of
1981
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance
or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule
as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three
regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule
and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is introduced,
or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
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Council Members
M YOR
THE arY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr. Q>
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FrankGuerrero ( L�c�/LL
Frank Mendez
Clif Moss
Bill Pruet 716/yi �) �
Mary Rhodes ( Q
Mary Pat Slavik 111-
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Linda Strong L
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