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Recommendation to Accept the Report for the Period of July 1, 2021 Through June 30, 2022, on (1) Litigation and Liability Claims Settlements; (2) Workers' Compensation Settlements; (3) Personnel Settlements; and (4) Determination on Whether Any Records Previously Withheld from Disclosure Have Now Become Available to the Public. (City Attorney 10023040)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Attorney's Office (CAO) is submitting this report on the liability, litigation, workers' compensation, and personnel claims that it settled between July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. There were thirteen liability claim settlements, five litigation settlements, and six workers' compensation settlements. There were no personnel matters settled during this time period. The CAO further reports that it determined in January 2022 and in July 2022 that all closed session minutes should continue to be exempt from disclosure. The CAO further reports that there are not any documents that had previously been exempt from disclosure that are now to be made public.
BACKGROUND
This report identifies the dollar value of claims or cases settled or resolved by the CAO 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 CAO shall determine whether any closed session minutes should continue to be exempt from disclosure and shall report the same to the City Council. The Sunshine Ordinance also directs the CAO to prepare a list on a semi-annual basis of those documents that have determined to be public after having been previously withheld from disclosure. See Alameda Municipal Code ...
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