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Consent
Item No. 4.
MEETING DATE: 05/06/2024
 
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS
 
FROM: JIM SADRO, CITY MANAGER
By:  Gabriella Yap, Assistant City Manager

 
SUBJECT:
APPROVE DENIAL OF LIABILITY CLAIM OF MS. ROXANE ORNELAS

RECOMMENDATION:


That the City Council deny the claim of Ms. Roxane Ornelas in order to set a definite six-month Statute of Limitations date.

DISCUSSION:

Ms. Roxane Ornelas, a City of Whittier resident, filed a property damage claim on February 28, 2024, in the amount of $630 for reimbursement to replace one tire and a rim on her vehicle. The claim alleges that on February 16, 2024, Ms. Ornelas was traveling on Lambert Road, between Cypress Street and Euclid Street, when she drove over a pothole resulting in damage to the front right tire and rim of her vehicle.

FISCAL IMPACT/SOURCE OF FUNDING:

None.

GENERAL PLAN RELEVANCE/CITY COUNCIL GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

This recommended action achieves the following goal of the La Habra General Plan:
ED 9.1 Balanced Fiscal Practice

This recommended action is consistent with the following City Council FY2023-24 Goals and Objectives:
Goal 2- Management of Public Revenues and Fiscal Assets/Objective A