PREPARED BY: LYNN TRACY NERLAND DATE OF MEETING: 06/19/17
SUBJECT:
TITLE
LIABILITY CLAIM OF HOWARD SPENCER (DOL 05/03/17)
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Deny Claim
Body
Compliance statements
This action is not applicable under the FY 2015-2017 Council Priority Work-plan effective October 1, 2016, but is related to Policy Item Fiscal Sustainability: Budget Spending Controls.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
Under the Government Claims Act, California Government Code Section 810 et seq., there is a process for submitting a claim when a public agency is alleged to be liable. As set forth in Section 815(a): “Except as other provided by statute: [a] A public entity is not liable for an injury, whether such injury arises out of an act or omission of the public entity or a public employee or any other person.”
FISCAL IMPACT
Claims are generally address through the City’s joint risk pool as a General Fund obligation.