(A) To the fullest extent permitted by the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and applicable law, each of the following officials and employees of the city:
(1) The Mayor;
(2) Each member of the City Council;
(3) The City Clerk and each deputy or acting City Clerk;
(4) The City Treasurer;
(5) The City Comptroller;
(6) The City Attorney;
(7) The Superintendent of Public Works;
(8) The City Engineer;
(9) The Building Inspector;
(10) The Chief of Police;
(11) The Chief of the City’s Fire Department
(12) Each member of any board or commission of the city established pursuant to applicable law or by ordinance of the city.
shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the city from and against all liabilities, expenses of investigation, judgments and amounts paid in settlement which may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred or paid by such official or employee in connection with or resulting from any claim made against him or her, or any action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which he or she may be involved, by reason of his or her being or having been such official or such employee of the city, whether or not he or she continues to be such official or employee at the time of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation.
(B) The foregoing rights of indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which such official or employee may otherwise be entitled as a matter of law.
(Ord. 926, passed 1-9-1978)