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File #: 260867    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/24/2026 In control: Council
On agenda: 9/24/2026 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled April Leonard v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2516-CV07962, in the amount of $900,000.00.
Sponsors: Director of the Law Department
Attachments: 1. docket memo-leonard
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ORDINANCE NO. 260867

 

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Sponsor: Director of Law Department

 

Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled April Leonard v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2516-CV07962, in the amount of $900,000.00.

 

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $900,000.00 for the settlement of claims asserted by April Leonard in the lawsuit styled April Leonard v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2516-CV07962, as recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management Committee, is hereby approved.

 

Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to pay the sum of $900,000.00 in settlement of said claims asserted by April Leonard in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 27-7010-131543-618200, Public Official Liability Fund.

 

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

 

 

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                                                                                                                              Brenton Siverly

                                                                                                                              Director of Finance

 

                                                                                                                              Approved as to form:

 

 

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                                                                                                                              Sarah J. Oldridge

                                                                                                                              Assistant City Attorney