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rllTG. 6/14/05 SETTLEMENT OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
3EPT. HR CLAIM OF RUSSELL KIEHL
3ECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Approval of Resolution No. 2005-1 86
authorizes the payment of $60,662.50 to Russell Kiehl.
accepting the Compromise and Release, which
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The claimant is a former Paramedic Firefighter with the City of Carlsbad. He was employed
by the City for appropriately 12 years prior to sustaining an injury to his lower back in
December 2001. Mr. Kiehl sustained the injury while performing his usual and customary
duties with the City. Mr. Kiehl retired from the City on December 8,2002.
The terms and conditions of the proposed settlement are set forth in the Compromise and
Release (on file in the Human Resources Department). The terms and conditions were
agreed upon by the claimant and the City, and have been approved by TRISTAR, the City’s
Third Party Administrator, and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of the settlement is $60,662.50. There are sufficient funds available in the
Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Fund to cover the cost of this settlement.
EXHIBITS :
1. Resolution No. 2005-186
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Deborah Harvey, (760) 602-2435, dharvOci.car1sbad.ca.w
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RESOLUTION’NO. 2005-186
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF
FUNDS FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
CLAIM OF RUSSELL KIEHL.
WHEREAS, TRISTAR, the City’s Third Party Administrator, has recommended a
settlement of the Workers’ Compensation claim of Russell Kiehl; and
WHEREAS, the settlement has been approved by the Workers’ Compensation
Appeals Board; and
WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds available in the Workers’ Compensation Self-
Insurance Fund to pay the settlement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the expenditure of $60,662.50 from the Workers’ Compensation Self-
Insurance Fund is authorized for the settlement of said claim.
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3. That the City Council accepts the Compromise and Release on file in the Human
Resources Department.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City
Council held on the 14th day of JUNE ,2005, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Hall, Packard, Sigafoose
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Members Lewis, Kulch
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CLAUDE A. LEWIS, gayor
Mayor Pro Tern Matt Hall
ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. W&D, City Clerk ’
(SEAL)