Title
Recommendation to Accept the Quarterly Report for the Period Beginning July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, on 1) Litigation and Liability Claims Settlements, and 2) Whether Any Records Previously Withheld from Disclosure Have Now Become Available to the Public. (City Attorney 7120)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Michael H. Roush, Interim City Attorney
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Attorney's Office is submitting this report on the seventeen (17) liability claims and two (2) lawsuits it settled between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018. It also reports that there are no closed session minutes or other documents previously withheld as exempt from disclosure that should now be made public.
BACKGROUND
This report identifies the dollar value of litigation and liability claims settled or resolved by the City Attorney's Office during the above reporting period. These settlements were previously approved either by City Council in closed session or by the City Attorney within authority limits previously delegated by the City Council. This report serves as public disclosure as to the settlement amounts and the individual claim or litigation from which the settlements stemmed.
The Sunshine Ordinance provides that semi-annually the City Attorney present to the City Council: (a) a list of documents that have been determined to be public after such documents have previously been determined to be privileged and unavailable to the public; and (b) determine whether any closed session minutes should continue to be exempt from disclosure (Sunshine Disclosure Report). See Sections 2-91.12(e) and 2-91.8(a), Alameda Municipal Code.
DISCUSSION
Settlement Report
The Claims and Litigation Settlement Report (Settlement Report), attached as Exhibit 1, covers settlements paid during the period of July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, and is broken down into two major categories: liability claims settlements (pre-litigation claims ti...
Click here for full text