HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2001-O0095 - Amending Section 2-37 Approval And Payment Of Claims - 12/03/2001First Reading
December 3, 2001
Item No. 21
Second Reading
December 13, 2001
Item No. 17
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-00095
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-37 OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK CODE
OF ORDINANCES WITH REGARD TO APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
AGAINST THE CITY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it would be in the best interest of the
citizens of the City of Lubbock to amend Section 2-37 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Lubbock with regard to the procedures for approval of claims against the City of
Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 2-37 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-37. Approval of claims.
The City Manager and/or the administrator of the City of Lubbock Self
Insurance Fund shall make disbursements from the City of Lubbock Self
Insurance Fund in settlement of claims ( except workers compensation claims) in
the following manner:
1) In cases where the self insurance claim is ten thousand dollars or less,
the administrator of the City of Lubbock Self Insurance Fund shall have full
authority.
2) In cases where the self insurance claim is more than ten thousand
dollars but less than twenty thousand dollars, the administrator shall secure the
approval of the Assistant City Manager over finance.
3) In cases where the self insurance claim is more than twenty thousand
dollars but less than fifty thousand dollars, the administrator shall secure the
approval of the City Manager.
4) In all self insurance claims where the City Manager is alleged to be
primarily a responsible party under the claim, the City Council's approval or
rejection shall be secured in an open meeting of the City Council as required by
the Texas Open Meetings Law.
5) In cases where the self insurance claim is fifty thousand dollars or
more, the City Manager shall submit the claim to the City Council for approval or
rejection in an open meeting of the City Council as required by the Texas Open
Meetings Law.
SECTION 2. THAT should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of
this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause publication
of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 3rd day of December , 2001.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 13th day of Dece:ober , 2001.
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Garza, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Bob Cass, City Manager
DOOrd/Claim Approval.ord.doc
November 28, 2001
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