CC RESOLUTION 5463RESOLUTION NO. 5463
A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE EL SEGUNDO
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES RULES AND REGULATIONS
The City Council of the city of El Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. Pursuant to Government Code § 8610, the City Council created the El
Segundo Disaster Council ("ES Disaster Council"), and such creation is set forth
in El Segundo Municipal Code ("ESMC") § 2-2-4.
B. ESMC § 2-2-4(D) (Powers and Duties) requires City Council adoption of such
ordinances and resolutions and rules and regulations as are necessary to
implement the plans and agreements within the ES Disaster Council's purview.
C. In accordance with Government Code § 8610, ESMC § 2-2-6 (Emergency
Organization; Composition) charges "all officers and employees of the city,
together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them," among others with
duties incident to the protection of life and property in the city during emergencies
and constitute the City's "emergency organization.
D. The California Office of Emergency Services ("Cal OES") accredited the ES
Disaster Council on June 16, 1949.
E. Pursuant to its authority as an accredited disaster council, or ADC, the ES
Disaster Council seeks to register individuals as volunteers as part of an El
Segundo Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program, and provide for such
volunteers to benefit from the workers' compensation and insurance provisions of
Labor Code § 4350 et seq.
SECTION 2. Actions.
A. The City Council establishes the El Segundo Disaster Service Worker
Volunteer Program (the "Program") pursuant to Government Code § 8610 and
title 19 of California Code of Regulations § 2570 et seq.
B. The City Council directs the ES Disaster Council to cause Program volunteers
to be duly registered and receive satisfactory training or instruction in accordance
with title 19 of California Code of Regulations § 2573.1.
C. The City Council authorizes and directs the ES Disaster Council to create and
promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the Program
consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation,
Government Code § 8612.
D. The City Council agrees that the City, including, without limitation, the ES
Disaster Council, will follow the rules and regulations that Cal OES has
established pursuant to Government Code § 8580.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any part of this Resolution or its application is
deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such
invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and,
to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are severable.
SECTION 4. Signature Authority. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby
authorized to affix his signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City
Council of the City of El Segundo, and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is
directed to attest thereto.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution will take effect immediately upon
adoption and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
SECTION 6. City Clerk Direction. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution, enter it in the City's book of original Resolutions, and make a
record of this action in the meeting's minutes.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of Febru 24.
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Drew y , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tracy Weav , City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark D. H nsley, City Attorney
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5463 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 6th day of February, 2024, approved and signed by the Mayor,
and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk,
Council Member Giroux, and Council Member Baldino
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 17 day of February,
2024.
Tr4o Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of El Segundo,
California