4787 - 51 Pay claim due to collision w/ police car

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ORDIN~ EE NOo h787 BY Nr. Gottermeyer AN E~,~RG~NEY ORDINANCE authorizing the Director cf Finance to pay Peter A. Pich the sum of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) in full cf all property damages to his automobile and of all personal injuries suffered by Peter A. Pich and his daughter Nary Margaret Pich, resulting from the accident hereinafter described, as a moral claim. WHEREAS, the automobile belonging to and operated by Peter A. Pich in which his minor daughter Nary Margaret Pich was riding as a passenger collided with Police ~ar No. 53 o~ or about November 27~ 1950, o~ Warren Road in the City of Lakewood, causing some iuj.uries and damages to the automobiles, and WHEREAS, it is the opinien of this ~mncil that Officer Paul Euprik, Jr., was engaged in a Governmental function iu operating theEity-o~ned automobile ~nown as Police Ear No. 53 at the time cf the resulting injuries and damages, for which reas~ it considers that the Eity cf Lakewood incurred no legal obligation to either Peter A. Pich or to Nary Margaret Pich, but nevertheless desiring to reimburse them for expenses by reason thereof, and ~p~_~w~M, this ordinance constitutes an emergency, in that settlement may be made forthwith, and in that this ordinance provides for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ~O~N~IL OF THE :DITY OF IAi~I00D, STATE OF OHI0: Section lo That the Director of Finance be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Peter A. Pich the sum of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) as a moral claim in full of all property damage suffered by Peter A. Pich and in full of all claims for personal injuries suffered by Peter A. Pich and his minor daughter, }~mry Margaret Pich, conditioned, however, upon the execution and delivery by Peter A. Pich of a full release iu favor of the .Eity of Iakewood and Paul Euprik, Jr., duly approved by the Director of Law; any and all actions by Peter A. Pich as father and next friend of Nary Nargaret Pich as a condition precedent to settlement of the claim as herein authorized being hereby expressly waived. The Director of Finance is authorized and directed to charge such ps~mant to the General Fund - General Miscellaneous. Section 2. This ordinauce is hereby declared to be an emergency measure f~r the reasons stated in the preamble hereofand, provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor. Adopted: ~V 5- 1951 Approved: ~? ~ t/~¢~/ president