A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42-18, and in addition to or apart from any insurance provided under Section 42-9, the Director may, with the concurrence of the City Council, enter into an agreement or agreements with any outside corporation or entity regularly performing services or functions for or on behalf of the City, including but not limited to public transit services or facilities infrastructures, whereby the City shall provide commercial insurance or trust fund coverage for legal defense and indemnification of any claim brought against said corporation or entity for acts and activities arising out of and in the course and scope of the contract with such corporation or entity on behalf of and in accordance with its agreement with the City or as part of any regional public activity intergovernmental agreement or compact.

B. A public entity, upon approval of the City Council, may be excepted from the requirements of Section 42-18(A) and (B). (Ord. No. G-3536, § 1; Ord. No. G-4186, §§ 1, 2, 1999; Ord. No. G-4408, § 14, 2002; Ord. No. G-4421, § 2, 2002; Ord. No. G-5036, § 1, 2007; Ord. No. G-5618, 2011)