HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-90 - Workers' Comp Benefits for "Disaster Service Workers"RESOLUTION NO. 93-90
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, RELATIVE TO
WORKERS COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR REGIS-
TERED VOLUNTEER "DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS".
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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WHEREAS, Government Code Section 8580 (Chapter 1454, Statutes 1970) provides:
"The Emergency Council shall establish by rule and regulation various classes of disaster service
workers and the scope of the duties of each class. The Emergency Council shall also adopt rules
and regulations prescribing the manner in which disaster service workers of each class are to be
registered. All such rules and regulations shall be designed to facilitate the paying of workmen's
compensation."; and
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Council has adopted rules and regulations
establishing classes of disaster service workers, the scope of duties of each class, and the manner
of registration of such volunteer disaster service workers; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 8612 (Chapter 1454, Statutes 1970) provides:
"Any disaster council which both agrees to follow the rules and regulations established by the
California Emergency Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 8580 and substantially
complies with such rules and regulations shall be certified by the Emergency Council. Upon
such certification, and not before, the disaster council becomes an accredited disaster council.";
and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has registered and will hereafter register volunteer
disaster services workers; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa desires to become an "accredited disaster council"
organization in order that injured disaster service workers registered with it may benefit by the
provisions of Chapter 10 of Division 4 of Part 1 of the Labor Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby agrees to
follow the rules and regulations established by the California Emergency Council pursuant to the
provisions of Government Code Section 8580.
The City Clerk is hereby instructed to send a certified copy hereof to the California
Emergency Council, Office of Emergency Services, 2800 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA
95823.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of December, 1993.
ATTEST:
Deputy City T
lerk of the City of Costa Mesa
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
,4C ROVED AS TO FORM
OITY f17lORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 43 —90
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 6th day of December, 1993, by the following roll call vote:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City
of Costa Mesa this 7th day of December, 1993.
Deputy City lerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City C cil of the City of Costa Mesa