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CC - Item 4D - Corporate Surety Bonding of Certain Employees4\ \ ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: MATTHEW HAWKESWORTH, ACTING CITY MANAGER DATE: MAY 26, 2009 SUBJECT: CORPORATE SURETY BONDING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES SUMMARY It has come to the attention of staff that certain employees are required to be covered by a corporate surety bond. Specifically, the City Manager and the Finance Director are to be bonded at an amount to be determined by the City Council. The City Clerk is to be bonded in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000). Staff Recommendation Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions: 1. Set the amount of corporate surety bonding for the City Manager at fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the Finance Director. Bonding for the City Clerk is to remain at five thousand dollars ($5,000). 2. Direct staff to purchase corporate surety bonding in the names of the City Manager, the City Clerk and the Finance Director. All bonds are to name the City as obligee. 3. Approve the attached resolution No. 2009-25. ANALYSIS Municipal Code section 2.08.030 requires the City Manager to furnish a corporate surety bond in such sum as may be approved by the City Council. Municipal Code section 2.12.020 states that the City Clerk shall execute a bond to the City in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). And, Municipal Code section 2.20.020 states that the Finance Director shall be bonded in an amount to be determined by the City Council with the advice of the City Attorney. APPROVED FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA: ITEM NUMBER: City Council Meeting May 26, 2009 Page 2 of 2 FINANCIAL REVIEW The cost of the surety bonds is dependent upon the amount of coverage purchased. The bonds will be paid for from the general fund. PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process. Submitted by: Steven Brisco Finance Director Attachment k Resolution No. 2009-25 RESOLUTION NO. 2009-25 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PURCHASE CORPORATE SURETY BONDING FOR THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR COVERING THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD WHEREAS, Municipal Code section 2.08.030 requires the City Manager to have a corporate surety bond in an amount acceptable to the City Council, and WHEREAS, Municipal Code section 2.12.020 requires the City Clerk to be bonded in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), and WHEREAS, section 2.20.020 of the Municipal Code requires the Finance Director to be bonded in an amount to be determined by the City Council. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes staff to purchase corporate surety bonds naming the City as obligee for the City Manager in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and the Finance Director in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) and five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the City Clerk. PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the City of Rosemead City Council, County of Los Angeles, of the State of California on May 26, 2009. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk