173.03 LEGAL DEFENSE AND COSTS.

173.03 LEGAL DEFENSE AND COSTS.

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Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
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TITLE THREE - Legislative
TITLE FIVE - Administrative
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CHAPTER 138 Division of Health
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CHAPTER 161 Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (Repealed)
CHAPTER 163 Park-Recreation Board (Repealed)
CHAPTER 164 Records Commission
CHAPTER 165 Rate Review Board
CHAPTER 167 Planning Commission
CHAPTER 168 Board of Control
CHAPTER 169 Employment Provisions
CHAPTER 171 Community Center Board of Trustees
CHAPTER 173 Legal Defense and Indemnification
173.01 INDEMNIFICATION.
173.02 SETTLING CLAIMS.
173.03 LEGAL DEFENSE AND COSTS.
CHAPTER 175 ADA Coordinator
CHAPTER 177 Part-Time Grant Administrator
TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
TITLE NINE - Taxation
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
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PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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Sheffield Lake
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
173.03 LEGAL DEFENSE AND COSTS.
CHAPTER 173 Legal Defense and Indemnification
CHAPTER 173
Legal Defense and Indemnification
173.01    Indemnification.
173.02    Settling claims.
173.03    Legal defense and costs.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
State law provisions - see Ohio R.C. 9.87
 
 
173.01 INDEMNIFICATION.
   If there is no liability or other insurance in place that provides coverage against claims made against any elected officials, appointed officials or employees of the City, the City shall hold harmless and indemnify all elected officials, appointed officials and employees from any lawsuit or claim filed against them as a result of their conduct while acting in their official capacity as an official or employee of the City, provided the official or employee has not acted in a malicious manner and/or has not acted in a manner beyond the scope of their employment and/or has not acted in a manner known or that should have been known to them to be improper, illegal or violative of their duties and/or responsibilities to the City.
(Ord. 51-86. Passed 6-10-86.)
173.02 SETTLING CLAIMS.
   Nothing in this chapter shall obligate the City to consult with or obtain the permission of any official or employee prior to settling or otherwise resolving any claims made against any official or employee of the City.
(Ord. 51-86. Passed 6-10-86.)
173.03 LEGAL DEFENSE AND COSTS.
   Should any claims be made for which the City has responsibility pursuant to Section 173.01, the City shall also pay and be responsible for the attorney fees and expenses of suit provided, however, the City shall have the sole and exclusive right to choose the attorney or attorneys who will represent the City and the officials or employees involved.
(Ord. 51-86. Passed 6-10-86.)

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• Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
• ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
• ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
• ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
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• Ord. 51-86
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