09-71 Resolution 09-71
A Resolution of the City of Menifee, California Relative to Workers' Compensation
Benefits for Registered Volunteer
"Disaster Service Workers" For the City of Menifee
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 8585.5 provides that the California Emergency
Management Agency shall establish by rule and regulation various classes of Disaster Service
Workers, the scope of the duties of each class, and the manner in which Disaster Services
Workers of each class are to be registered. All of the rules and regulations shall be designed to
facilitate the payment of workers' compensation;" and
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Management Agency has adopted rules and regulations
establishing classes of Disaster Service Workers, the scope and duties of each class, and the
manner of registration of such volunteer Disaster Service Workers; and
WHEREAS, Section 8612 of the Government Code provides:
"Any Disaster Council which both agrees to follow the rules and regulations established
by the California Emergency Management Agency pursuant to the provisions of Section
8585.5 and substantially complies with those rules and regulations shall be certified by
the office. Upon that certification, and not before, the Disaster Council becomes an
accredited Disaster Council;" and
WHEREAS, the City of Menifee has registered, and hereafter will register, volunteer Disaster
Service Workers; and
WHEREAS, the City of Menifee desires to become an "accredited Disaster Council"
organization in order that injured Disaster Service Workers registered with it may benefit by the
provisions of Chapter 10 of Division 4 of Part 1 of the Labor Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE,
as follows:
1. The City agrees to follow the rules and regulations established by the California
Emergency Management Agency pursuant to the provisions of Section 8585.5 of the
Government Code.
2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to send a certified copy of this
Resolution to the California Emergency Management Agency.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 20th day of May, 2009 by the following vote:
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Resolution 09-71
Disaster Service Workers
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ABSENT: I/lQ —U
ABSTAIN:
Wallace W. Edgerton, Mayo
ATTEST:
(Certification)
Kathy Bennett
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Elizabeth Martyn
City Attorney