HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/24/1990 (2) VICE MAYOR REFERRAL
(PROPOSED ORDINANCES ONLY)
DATE OF REFERRAL: April 24, 1990
REFERRED TO: Budget and Finance (John W. Stinson)
ITEM:
(Proposed) An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Bakersfield
Amending Section 5.10.130 of the Bakersfield Municipal
Code Relating to Liability Insurance.
BACKUP MATERIAL ATTACHED: Yes
STATUS:
To Council Committee on
Committee Report No.
Sent to Council on
Public Hearing on
Ordinance Adopted
(date)
Proposed Ordinance Canceled
(date)
Other
cc: Carol Williams
Mary Ellen Gonzales
REFER3-90
JP
MEMORANDUM
April 19, 1990
TO: Vice Mayor Ken Peterson
FROM: Arthur J. Saalfield, City Attorney
Please refer the following proposed ordinance to whichever
committee you deem appropriate:
1) LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Background: This ordinance updates insurance
requirements for certificate holders for ambulance
businesses. It 'also adds a requirement that such
certificate holders indemnify the City for claims
and damages arising from works performed by the
certificate holders.
Thank you.
AJS/meg
ORD-REFERRAL
LIAB-INS.MEM
Attachment
cc: J. Dale Hawley
Scott Manzer
DRAFT
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION
5.10.130 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO LIABILITY INSURANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 5.10.130 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
5.10.130 Liability insurance.
A. The certificate holder shall save, hold harmless
and indemnify the City, its officers, agents, employees and
volunteers from all claims, demands, damages, judgments, costs or
expenses in law or equity that may at any time arise from, or be
related to, any work performed by the certificate holder under
the terms of this section.
B. No certificate of public convenience and necessity
shall be issued unless there is on file with the city an
insurance policy approved by the city manager, whereby the owner
and the driver of each of the vehicles described in the
certificate are insured against liability for damage to property
and for injury to or death of any person resulting from the
ownership, operation or other use thereof. The certificate
holder shall have commercial general liability and automobile
liability insurance coverage, providing coverage on an occurrence
basis for bodily injury, including death, of one or more persons,
property damage and personal injury, with limits of not less than
one million ($1,000,000) per occurrence. The liability policy
shall contain an additional insured endorsement in favor of the
city, its mayor, council, officers, agents, employees and
volunteers. The automobile liability policy shall provide
coverage for owned, non-owned and hired autos.
C. The insurance policy shall contain an endorsement
providing that the policy of insurance will not be cancelled
until notice in writing has been given to the city, addressed to
the City Manager, City Hall, Bakersfield, California, at least
thirty (30) days prior to the time such cancellation becomes
effective.
D. The insurance policy must be issued by a solvent
and responsible company authorized to do business in the state.
The policy shall further provide that there shall be a continuing
liability thereon, notwithstanding any recovery on the policy.
If, at any time, the insurance policy is cancelled by the company
issuing the same, or the authority of said company to do business
in the state shall be revoked, the certificate holder shall
replace the policy with another policy approved by the city
manager.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
City Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that 'the foregoing Ordinance was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
regular meeting thereof held on , by the
following vote:
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
CLARENCE E. MEDDERS
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
ARTHUR J. SAALFIELD
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
LCM/meg
RISKMGMT.ORD
4/19/90
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