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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE: WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE FOR RESERVE DEPT. HD.
CITY MGR.
POLICE OFFICERS
Adopt Resolution No. 8394 to provide workers' compensation insurance
for Reserve Police Officers.
ITEM EXPLANATION :
City Council Resolution No. 7408 adopted November 15, 1983, designated
Carlsbad Reserve Police Officers as Disaster Service Workers. This action
made the provisions of Chapter 10, Division 4, Part 1 applicable to
Reserve Police Officers. This means workers' compensation insurance for
Reserve Police Officers was provided by State Compensation Insurance Fund
instead of being provided by the city.
A recent Appeals Court decision may change the interpretation of the
applicable section of the Labor Code. To insure Carlsbad Reserve Police
Officers have continued protection regardless of the outcome of any court
decisions. The attached resolution is forwarded for City Council
consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact until such time as a work related injury occurs and
Disaster Service Worker coverage is refused at which time the city would
absorb the workers' compensation costs.
EXHIBITS :
Resolution No. 8374 extending the city's self insured workers'
compensation coverage to Reserve Police Officers if State Compensation
Insurance Fund coverage is not applicable.
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RESOLUTION NO. 8396
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING
THE CITY'S SELF INSURED WORKERS' COMPEN-
SATION COVERAGE TO RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS
IF STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND
COVERAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE.
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 7408 designated Reserve Police
Officers as Disaster Service Workers in compliance with the provisions of
Chapter 10, Division 4, Part 1 of the Labor Code; and
WHEREAS, subsequent state court decisions may modify interpretations
of these portions of the Labor Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council for the City of
Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That in any case where Carlsbad Reserve Police Officers are not
protected by workers' compensation insurance provided by the State Compensation
Insurance Fund as Disaster Service Workers, they are protected by the workers'
compensation insurance provided by the city.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad city
Council held on the 11th day of February , 1986, by the following vote
to wit:
AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Pettine
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENK
MARY H. C LER, Mayor Y