HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2020-117RESOLUTION NO. 2020 — 117
Alejandra'Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY APPROVING
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION OF $20,174.41 AND
USE OF GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR CITYWIDE STREET
LIGHT AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL KNOCKDOWN REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS
PARTIALLY FUNDED BY REVENUES COLLECTED FROM
RECOVERY LIABILITY CLAIMS
WHEREAS, the Engineering & Public Works Department receives an approximate
$220,000 appropriation for repair and maintenance of traffic control devices annually; and
WHEREAS, this budget provides the Public Works Streets Division with the necessary
funding required to restore damaged equipment caused by traffic accidents and/or natural
disasters such as street lights and traffic signals, crosswalk solar lighting, power boxes, and
breaker boxes, plus regular preventative maintenance and repairs, and mark -outs; and
WHEREAS, on average, ten (10) citywide street lights and traffic signals require repair or
replacement per year due to knockdowns caused by traffic accidents and/or natural disasters and
cost approximately $15,000 each; and
WHEREAS, some of these costs associated with traffic accidents are unrecoverable, such
as in hit-and-run incidents, and some are recoverable, though not at full -cost recovery, through
insurance claims; and
WHEREAS, when liability revenues are recoverable, the Risk Management Department
(Risk) manages these claims and the revenues received are deposited into the General Fund
Unassigned Fund Balance; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, Risk recovered $20,174.41 in revenues from insurance claims for
street lights and traffic signal knockdowns; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution approving the
establishment of a General Fund appropriation of $20,174.41 and use of General Fund unassigned
fund balance for Citywide Street Light and Traffic Signal Knockdown repairs and replacements
partially funded by revenues collected from recovery liability claims.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City
hereby approves the establishment of a General Fund appropriation of $20,174.41 and use of
General Fund unassigned fund balance for Citywide Street Light and Traffic Signal Knockdown
repairs and replacements partially funded by revenues collected from recovery liability claims.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of June2020
ATTEST:
Michael R. Dalla, y Clerk
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
June 16, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-117 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on June 16, 2020.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy