(a) The city controller shall, without prior city council approval, pay a claim for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful death that has been settled for an amount that does not exceed $25,000 when payment is recommended by the city attorney, or by the director of risk management when assisting the city attorney in handling the claim, and approved by the city manager, except that payment of a meritorious claim, in whatever amount, must be approved by the city council as required by Section 4, Chapter XXIII of the city charter.
(b) For purposes of this section, claims for property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death resulting from the same occurrence may be considered as separate claims. (Ord. Nos. 14211; 15279; 17353; 20527; 21354; 22026; 24415; 26225; 28424; 28705)