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Committee weighs raising city manager settlement authority; notes state-law constraint at $50,000
Summary
Members discussed whether to request survey guidance on increasing the city manager's legal-claim settlement limit, noting a state-law baseline of $50,000 and options to place a higher amount in the charter or allow council to set it by ordinance.
Sunnyvale committee members discussed whether residents favor keeping the city manager’s settlement authority at the statutory baseline (a $50,000 limit was cited) or supporting a higher amount, either written into the charter or set by council ordinance.
Deputy City Manager Connie Vercelles summarized that state law limits settlement authority to $50,000 unless a city’s charter provides otherwise. Committee members asked whether the draft survey should present three options:…
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