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1977-485Donald Metzger Michael T. Chang Shirley A. Prince Carlos A. Bragg Cordelia Short RESOLUTION NO. 77R- 485 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 77R -117 AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN PERSONS TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF ANAHEIM IN SMALL CLAIMS ACTIONS AND AUTHORIZING SAID PERSONS TO COMPROMISE OR SETTLE SMALL CLAIMS ACTIONS IF THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID IS $750.00 OR LESS. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim does find and determine that it is necessary in the normal course of City business to institute, prosecute, defend, and consummate litigation involving small amounts, the jurisdiction of which is vested in the Small Claims Court, being amounts of less than $750.00; and WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that certain City employees should be authorized to act in the City's behalf in connection with Small Claims actions; and WHEREAS, California Government Code, Section 935.4 provides for the authorization of an employee of the City to perform duties connected with the compromise or settlement of such claims on behalf of the City; and WHEREAS, the handling of the compromise and settlement of certain Small Claims actions against the City can be more effectively pursued and concluded if the authorized City Small Claims Representatives are authorized to perform such duties and to sign agreements and other documents related to such compromises or settlements on behalf of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that the following named persons, to wit: Commercial Office Supervisor Senior Accountant Senior Credit Clerk Utilities Credit Supervisor License Collector be, and the same are hereby, authorized to commence, prosecute, and consummate Small Claims litigation for, in behalf of, and in the name of the City of Anaheim, and that they, and each of them, are authorized to file Small Claims petitions, to appear at Small Claims hearings, to represent the City, and to file satisfaction of judgment in Small Claims actions, and to do any and all other things necessary and convenient in the processing of Small Claims actions. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above -named persons are hereby authorized to compromise or settle Small Claims actions for, in behalf of, and in the name of the City of Anaheim if the amount to be paid is in the sum of $750.00 or less and they are hereby authorized to execute and sign in behalf of the City of Anaheim any and all agreements and other documents related thereto. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 77R -117 be, and it is hereby, superseded by the foregoing Resolution. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 5th day of July 1977. ATTEST: (2/AS Deputy CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM WPH: s j f A A PIP NAHEIM STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM I, LEONORA N. SOHL, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 77R -485 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 5th of July, 1977, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Seymour, Kott, Roth and Thom NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Resolution No. 77R -485 on the 5th day of July, 1977. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 5th day of July, 1977. (SEAL) namreu asouT DEP ITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM I, LEONORA N. SOHL, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 77R -485 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on July 5, 1977. DEPUTY CITY CLERK