1986-07-14 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • ORDINANCE N0. 1504 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH; PROVIDING THE TIME AND LOCATION WHERE SUCH NOTICE IS TO BE GIVEN; PROVIDING THAT SUCH NOTICE MAY NOT BE WAIVED; AND PROVIDING THAT THE TIMELY FILING OF NOTICE OF ANY CLAIM AND REFUSAL OF SAME BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE INSTITUTION OF ANY SUIT; PROVIDING FOR VERIFICATION OF THE NOTICE OF CLAIM; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF WHEREAS, the City Council is the ultimate repository of authority of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council has the management and control of the finances, properties, and the contractual obligations and the policies of the City; and WHEREAS, in the course of providing the many services to its citizenry, claims in the nature of contract, tort, property damage, personal injury, wrongful death, and equitable relief may from time to time arise; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City, the citizenry, and the claimants that the City Council be expeditiously informed of the details of such claims; and WHEREAS, an expeditious opportunity for the City Council to review and consider the validity of said claims can allow for resolution without resort being made to the already overburdened judiciary; and WHEREAS, in order to realistically assess the merits of any claim presented to it, the City Council is in need of current, accurate factual documentation from those asserting such claims; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City of La Porte shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether such personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his behalf, or his personal representative in the event the injury results in death, or the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of such death or injury, shall, within thirty (30) days from the date the damage or injury was received, give notice in writing to the Mayor and City Council of the following facts: