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Subject to the provisions of insurance policies or pooling agreements concerning claims against the city, the city attorney’s office shall process or coordinate the processing of all claims for damages or injuries in the following manner:

A. The risk manager shall be authorized to allow, disallow or settle all claims for damages up to five thousand dollars.

B. The city attorney with concurrence of the risk manager shall be authorized to allow, disallow or settle all claims up to twenty thousand dollars.

C. Claims for damages or injuries between twenty thousand dollars and fifty thousand dollars shall be allowed, disallowed or otherwise settled by a claims committee consisting of the city council president or designee, the city attorney, the risk manager, and the department head from the city department from which the claim arises.

D. All claims exceeding fifty thousand dollars which have been reviewed by the city attorney shall be submitted to the city council for their approval, disapproval or settlement.

E. The risk manager, city attorney or the claims committee may in their discretion refer any claim to the city council.

Final council action required on settlements and litigation will occur in an open meeting.

The city attorney shall prepare an annual summary of claims up to fifty thousand dollars to be distributed to the city council. (Ord. 2982-07 § 1, 2007; Ord. 999-84 § 4, 1984; Ord. 288-74 § 7, 1974.)