(A) The city shall indemnify and reimburse the Mayor, Council members, Recorder and all city employees and officials, their heirs, or personal representative, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorney fees and other costs of litigation, and for amounts actually and necessarily incurred or paid on account of compromise, settlement, or discharge of any claim asserted or any judgment or decree rendered against such person in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding instituted or threatened, civil or criminal, administrative or investigative, including any appeal relating thereto, to which he or she or they may be made a part by reason of his, her or their position with the city; provided that such person has not been guilty of willful malfeasance in the performance of duties and the city is not prohibited by law from indemnifying or reimbursing such person. The foregoing right of indemnification or reimbursement shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such person, that person’s heirs, or personal representative, may be entitled as a matter of law.
(B) This section only applies to the extent that the indemnification or reimbursement of any amount is not made pursuant to any insurance coverage obtained by the city or from any other source.
(Ord. 358, passed 11-9-1992)