Santa Maria Municipal Code Ch. 2-8 Bonds for City Officers and Employees

The City Manager shall furnish a surety bond to be approved by the Council, such bond to be conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. The penal sum of the official bond of the City Manager is fixed in the amount of $25,000. Such sum is in accordance with the written recommendations of the City Attorney, which written recommendations are on file in the office of the City Clerk. The premium of the bond shall be paid by the City.

(Prior Code § 2-13)

The penal sums of the official bonds of the City Clerk and City Treasurer are fixed in the amount of $50,000 each. All of such sums are in accordance with the written recommendations of the City Attorney, which written recommendations are on file in the office of the City Clerk.

(Prior Code § 2-2)

The Director of Finance shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond of the City conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties in an amount not less than $50,000.

(Prior Code § 2-25; Ord. 2017-01 § 7, eff. 3/9/17)

The City Council may require bonds of officers, agents and employees of the City other than the City Clerk and City Treasurer, and the penal sums of such bonds may be fixed by motion of the City Council, duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting or adjourned regular meeting. Such bonds of officers, agents and employees of the City, other than the City Clerk and City Treasurer, may be in the form of what are generally known as "position bonds," at the discretion of the City Council.

(Prior Code § 2-3)

Premiums upon the bonds of all officers, agents and employees of the City, if such bonds are executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the State, shall be paid by the City out of its general fund.

(Prior Code § 2-4)