HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 91-C1260
RESOLUTION NO. 91-C126
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF GENERAL AND
PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT' OF CHARLES
ALVAREZ V. THE CITY OF AZUSA, ET AL.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Azusa does
hereby find, determine, and declare that:
A. Certain present police officers and employees of
the City of Azusa, Mark Walters and George Brown, have
been named as defendants in an action presently pending
in the Central District of the United States District
Court, entitled Charles Alvarez Vs. City of Azusa et
al.. Case No. CV 91-2505-SVW (Ax); and
B. The complaint in the aforementioned actions seeks
both general and punitive damages from each of these
employees; and
C. All of said employees have agreed to cooperate in
good faith with the City in the defense of this action;
and
D. All of the acts or omissions attributed to each of
these employees by the complaint occurred when the
employee was acting within the course and scope of his
employment as an employee of the City of Azusa; and
E. At the time of each of the alleged acts or
omissions, these employees acted, or failed to act, in
good faith, without actual malice and in apparent best
interests of the City of Azusa; and
F. Payment in full, of any judgment for damages,
including punitive damages, awarded against any of these
employees, in the above -captioned civil action, would be
in the best interests of the City of Azusa.
SECTION 2. Based on the aforesaid findings,
determinations and declarations, the City Council of the City of
Azusa hereby authorizes defending the above-named employees and
further authorizes the payment, in full, of any damages,
including punitive damages, which may be awarded against any of
the above named employees, as defendants in the civil action
pursuant to the authority of Government Section 825. As such,
the named employees shall be entitled to rely upon this
Resolution in regard to their defense of the action.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of
this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of September, 1991.
Mayor of the City of Azusa
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular
meeting thereof, held on the 3rd day of September, 1991, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DANGLEIS, STEMRICH, NARANJO, ALEXANDER, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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