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1 Section 3: <br /> 2 The omission to present any claim for damages or injuries against the <br /> 3 <br /> City in the manner or within the time this ordinance provides shall be a <br /> 4 <br /> bar to any action against the City therefor. <br /> 5 <br /> Section 4: <br /> 6 <br /> 7 No action shall be maintained against the City for any claim for damage <br /> 8 or injuries until sixty (60) days have elapsed after presentation of such claim <br /> 9 to the City Clerk of the City of Everett. <br /> 10 Section 5: <br /> 11 Upon presentation of any claim for damages or injuries against the City <br /> 12 <br /> the Clerk of the City of Everett shall indelibly mark on such claim the date <br /> 13 <br /> of receipt and shall forthwith deliver a true and complete copy of said claim <br /> 14 <br /> to the City Attorney. <br /> 15 <br /> Section 6: <br /> 16 <br /> 17 The City Attorney shall promptly examine all claims for damages or <br /> 18 injuries against the City submitted to him by the Clerk of the City of Everett. <br /> 19 The City Attorney shall be and hereby is authorized to conduct such investigation <br /> 20 into the facts, circumstances and law relative to any claim for damages or <br /> 21 <br /> injuries against the City as he, in the exercise of his discretion, may deem <br /> 22 <br /> necessary. Further, the City Attorney shall be authorized to negotiate the <br /> 23 <br /> amount of any claim prior to payment. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Section 7: <br /> 26 Claims for damages or injuries shall be processed in the following <br /> 27 manner: <br /> 28 (a) Claims for damages or injuries up to $1,000.00 shall <br /> 29 be allowed, disallowed or otherwise settled by a claims committee consisting of a <br /> 30 <br /> member of the City Council, the City Attorney, and the department head <br /> 31 <br /> from the City department from which the claim arises. The claims <br /> 32 <br /> -2- <br />