HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 90-112 RESOLUTION NO. 9a112
A RESOLU7'ION OF TI�C1TY COUNCII,OF TI�CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFOItNIA,
AMENDINGTHE JOINT POWFRS AGREEMII�TT CREATIIVG THE COACHII.I.A VALLEY
JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY.
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 6508.1 provides that debts,
liabilides and obligations of a joint powers authority are joint and several obligations of the
member organizations unless otherwise agreed; and
WHIItF.AS,the local governments and special districts which have joined to create
the Coachella Valley Joint Powers Insurance Authority originally intended to exempt
themselves from joint and several liability;and
VV]HERFAS,an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement creating the Coachella
Valley Joint Powers Insurance Authority is necessary to make clear the original intent of
member entities not to be jointly and severally liable for the debts, liabilides and obligations
of the Authority or its members; and
VVH�REAS,Article 25 of the Joint Powers Agreement creadng the Coachella Valley
Joint Powers Insurance Authority provides for amendment thereof upon approval of two-
thirds (2/3) of the member organizations;
NOW, '1'HEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVID that the undersigned, as a member
organization of the Coachella Valley Joint Powers Insurance Authority, hereby agrees that
the Joint Powers Agreement creadng the Coachella Valley Joint Powers Insurance
Authority shall be amended to add Article 29, as follows:
"ARTICLE 29"
No member shall be jointly and severally liable for any debts, liabilities, and/or
obligations of the Authority or any of its members."
PASSID, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert City
Council this 2 r day of AuEust• 19�Q, by the following vote, to wit:
AYFS: Benson, Snyder, Wilson &Crites
NOFS: None
ABSENT: Kelly
ABSTAIN: None
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BUFO . CRITES, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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