HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 91-C1170 0
NO. 91-C117
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF GENERAL AND
PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF GONZALES V.
CITY OF AZUSA.
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 and former police officers and
employees of the City of Azusa, Karen Pihlak and Robert
Leach, have been named as defendants in an action
presently pending in the Los Angeles Superior Court,
entitled Hector Gonzales v. City of Azusa, Case No. EAC
60352; and
B. The Complaint in the aforementioned actions seek
both general and punitive damages from each of these
current and former employees; and
C. All of said current and former 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/
her 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 the 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 Code Section 825. As
such, the named employees shall be entitled to rely upon this
Resolution in regard to their defense of the action.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption
of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August ,
1991.
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 19th day of August ,
1991, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMB ERS: DANGLEIS, STEMRICH, NARANJO, ALEXANDER,
MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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