Title 3 - Revenue and Finance

3.40.010 Legal Actions - Payments and Approval.

Except as otherwise addressed by ordinance or resolution, the Governing Body, City Manager, or City Attorney may approve on behalf of the City any action that the City is authorized to take pursuant to the Kansas Tort Claims Act (K.S.A. 75-6101 et seq., and amendments thereto), and any reasonable expense for such actions and for other claims against the City or its employees when the claim arises from actions that were within the scope of employment of the employee. The Governing Body, City Manager, or City Attorney may also initiate on behalf of the City appeals related to such actions or claims, and approve reasonable expenses for those appeals. Except as otherwise addressed by ordinance or resolution, the Governing Body, City Manager, or City Attorney may approve agreements with legal counsel and reasonable expenses for legal services within the limitations of the annual City budget. The payment of expenses shall be supplemental to any expense incurred by any insurance company under the company's contractual obligation to the City.

(History: Ord. No. OES-3308 §1, 2020; Ord. OES-679 §1, 72)

Effective on: 1/1/1901