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RESOLUTION NO. 62 SERIES 2008 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INDEMNITY OF POLICE CHIEF BRUCE GOODMAN, FORMER DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JULIE BOYD, AND FORMER CITY MANAGER WILLIAM A. SIMMONS FOR ANY JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST THEM IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 1983 IN THE LAWSUIT FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO, CIVIL ACTION N0.06-CV-02261-WYD-MJW WHEREAS, Police Chief Bruce Goodman, Former Deputy City Manager Julie Boyd and Former City Manager William A. Simmons, have been sued in their individual capacities in a lawsuit captioned Jerry V. Riggins v. City of Louisville, Louisville Police Department, Bruce Goodman, Julie Boyd, and William A Simmons, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 06-cv-02261-`'VYD-MJW; and WHEREAS, the City's consideration of the events involved in this lawsuit based upon the evidence available to the City at this time show that these employees were acting in good faith and in the course and scope of their duties as City employees and in compliance with City policy at the time of the allegations asserted against them by Jerry Riggins in the Amended Complaint filed in the above-referenced lawsuit; and WHEREAS, the City has already agreed to provide a defense to these three defendants named in their individual capacities for thf; procedural due process claim asserted against them in the above-referenced lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; and WHEREAS, based upon all information and evidence available to the City at this time, it is in the public interest as well as in the interest of Police Chief Goodman, and former employees Julie Boyd and William Simmons, for the City Council to officially state its support for them by not only providing the with a defense to t:he claim against them, but also agreeing to indemnify them from any judgment entered against them in their individual capacities as a result of the procedural due process claim asserted against them pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the above- referenced lawsuit; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: That the City Council, based upon all evidence and information available to it at this time, hereby agrees to indemnify Police Chief Bruce Goodman, Former Deputy City Manager Julie Boyd and Former City Manager William Simmons from any judgment entered against them in their individual capacities pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the alleged violation of Jerry Riggins procedural due process rights in the lawsuit entitled Jerry V. Riggins v. City of Louisville, Louisville Police Department, Bruce Goodman, Julie Boyd, and William A Simmons, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 06-cv-02261-WYD- MJW.