Pursuant to statutory authority, the City of Ventnor
does hereby authorize and provide indemnification to its employees,
officials and appointees in accordance with indemnification provisions
applicable to all public employees within this state.
The City does hereby authorize and provide indemnification
to its employees, officials and appointees in accordance with the
indemnification provisions of N.J.S.A. 59:10-4, as the same may be
amended and supplemented.
The intention of the City of Ventnor is to provide
indemnification and defense in as broad a manner as is authorized
by state statute and common law. This shall include indemnification
for exemplary or punitive damages resulting from the employee's civil
violation of state or federal law if, in the opinion of the City Commissioners,
the act committed upon which the damages are based did not constitute
actual fraud, actual malice, willful misconduct or an intentional
wrong.