San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 2.62 Filing of Official Bonds

Section

Cross-reference:

For Charter provisions on official bonds, see City Charter, § 509

(A) The following officers of the city, before entering upon the discharge of their official duties, and within 20 days after notice of their election or appointment, shall severally execute to the city an official faithful performance bond in the following penal sums:

(1) Mayor, $1,000;

(2) Each member of the City Council, $1,000;

(3) City Clerk, $1,000;

(4) City Attorney, $1,000;

(5) Each member of the Board of Water Commissioners, $1,000; and

(6) City Treasurer, $100,000.

(B) The City Treasurer, in addition to his or her official bond in the penal sum of $100,000, shall execute to the city an additional bond in the penal sum of $25,000, which additional bond shall be known as the Treasurer’s Trust Fund Bond and shall be conditioned for the payment by the Treasurer to any person, firm or corporation lawfully entitled thereto, of all monies received by the Treasurer, his or her deputies, clerks and attaches, under or pursuant to the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911, or any other special assessment, law or act, by the provisions of which monies, other than monies belonging to the city, are payable to the City Treasurer for disbursement to any person, firm or corporation, other than the city, and which Trust Fund Bond shall, by its provisions, be made to enure to the benefit of, and provide that an action may be maintained thereon by, any person, firm or corporation entitled to receive money from the Treasurer under the aforesaid laws.

(Ord. 2934, passed 8-20-1968)

Statutory reference:

Ralph M. Brown Act, see Cal. Gov’t Code, §§ 54950 through 54963

(A) For each employee of the city, except employees in the City Municipal Water Department, a blanket position bond shall be provided, indemnifying the city against any and all fraudulent or dishonest acts and failure of performance of official duties, including false arrest by Police Department employees and failure to account properly for any and all monies or property received by virtue or authority of any position or employment, of or by any employee, acting alone or in collusion with others. The bond shall comply with the provisions of all other ordinances of the city applicable thereto and shall be in the following amounts for the employment indicated: Chief of Police, $5,000; Chief Deputy City Treasurer, $90,000 and all other staff members of or assigned to the Treasurer’s office, $20,000; City Manager, $10,000; Director of Finance and Management Services, $10,000; purchasing agent, $10,000; and all other employees, $2,500 each.

(B) The words EMPLOYEE or EMPLOYEES, as used in this section, means and includes those officers, employees and other subordinates of the city who are not otherwise required by ordinance or law to furnish an individual bond to qualify for office or employment.

(Ord. 2934, passed 8-20-1968; Ord. 3383, passed 10-17-1973; Ord. MC-1625, passed 2-21-2024)