Spokane Municipal Code

Title 03 Administration and Personnel

Chapter 03.07 Personnel Regulations

Section 03.07.210 Persons Indemnified

1. For purposes of this chapter, “agent” means:

1. an employee, including:

1. a volunteer,

2. a part-time employee,

3. an employee for a limited period of time or for a specific function (some­times referred to as “contract employee”);

2. an officer of the City as described in SMC 1.02.080(C);

3. a person acting on behalf of, and whose act is the act of, the City, either individu­ally or in concert with other members of a body having the power to take action having legal effect; whose actions are subject to control by City government by way of Charter, ordinance, resolution, contract, or direct supervision.

2. For purposes of this chapter, “agent” does not include:

1. an independent contractor;

2. a person acting, or purporting to be act­ing, on behalf of the City but whose acts do not have any legal effect beyond a rec­ommendation to an “agent,” or whose purposes, functions and modes of opera­tion cannot be determined by reference to the Charter, an ordinance, a resolution or some other instrument embodying offi­cial City action.

3. Indemnification of persons described in sub­section (A) of this section extends, as neces­sitated by the circumstances of the particular claim, to a spouse, marital community and estate.

Date Passed: Monday, February 26, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2007

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