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AN ORDINANCE ' AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTIONS 11-131 AND 11-132 OF ARTICLE V, CHAPTER 11 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DOLLAR LIMITS FOR SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Sections 11-131 and 11-132 of Article V, Chapter 11 of the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, are hereby amended and reordained. ARTICLE V. RISK MANAGEMENT FUND Section 11-131. Compromise and payment of claims against city. Claims for damages made against the city not covered by insurance or falling within the deductible limits of any coverage may be paid from the risk management fund with the following limits: (a) Claims of five thousand dollars ($5.000.00) or less shall be paid by the director of finance from the risk management fund upon certification by the city attorney and the director of finance that the city is liable for payment or that the amount to be paid is recommended as a compromise of a claim involving disputed liability. (b) Claims of more than five thousand dollars ($5.000.00) but not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) shall be paid by the director of finance from the risk management fund upon certification by both the city attorney and the city manager that the city is liable for payment or that the amount to be paid is recommended as a compromise of a claim involving disputed liability. (c) Claims in excess of fifteen thousand dollars ($15.000.00) shall be paid from the risk management fund only after authorization from city council. Section 11-132. Compromise of claims on behalf of City. Whenever any sum of money due the city or any account shall be the subject of dispute, the same may be compromised according to the following authorization: (1) The director of finance may make written authorization for a reduction of not more than one thousand dollars ($1.000.00) in any utility account. (2) Either the city manager, the director of finance or the city attorney may make written authorization of a compromise of any other type of account or claim by a reduction . of not more than one thousand dollars ($1.000.00).