HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2007-036RESOLUTION N0.2007-36
BEING A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE STATUTORY TORT LIABILITY LIMITS
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights is a Minnesota political subdivision desiring to self-
insure its property and liability risks through participation in a joint powers arrangement known
as the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT); and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute Section 471.981 permits a city to extend the coverage of its self
insurance to afford protection in excess of any limitations on liability established by law; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute Section 471.981 provides that unless expressly provided in the
ordinance or resolution extending the coverage, the statutory limitations on liability shall not be
deemed to have been waived.
NOVA, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Columbia Heights City Council does hereby
accept liability coverage limits of $1,000,000 from the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance
Trust and the City waives the monetary limits of tort liability established by Mim~esota Statute
Section 466.04, to the extent of the limits of the liability coverage obtained from LMCIT.
Passed this 26`~~ day of March 2007.
Offered by: Diehm
Seconded. by: Kelzenherg
Ro11 Call: Ayes: Peterson, Williams, Nawrocki, Diehm, Kelzenberg
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Mayor Gary L. Peterson
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