File #: 250391    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 5/2/2025 In control: Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 5/13/2025 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement of the lawsuits entitled City of Kansas City, Missouri v. International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 42, Case No. 2416-CV11242, including the resolution of the associated grievance and arbitration, and Dominic Biscari v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 21-100877 for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed by the employee for injuries resulting from an accident while employed by the City in the amount of $915,000.00.
Sponsors: Director of the Law Department
Attachments: 1. docket memo-biscari
ORDINANCE NO. 250391

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Sponsor: Director of Law Department

Approving and authorizing settlement of the lawsuits entitled City of Kansas City, Missouri v. International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 42, Case No. 2416-CV11242, including the resolution of the associated grievance and arbitration, and Dominic Biscari v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 21-100877 for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed by the employee for injuries resulting from an accident while employed by the City in the amount of $915,000.00.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $915,000.00 for the settlement of claims asserted in City of Kansas City, Missouri v. International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 42, Case No. 2416-CV11242, including the resolution of the associated grievance and arbitration, and Dominic Biscari v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 21-100877, for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed by the employee for injuries resulting from an accident while employed by the City, 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 $915,000.00 in settlement of said claims asserted in City of Kansas City, Missouri v. International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 42, Case No. 2416-CV08420, and Dominic Biscari v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 21-100877, from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 26-7010-131543-B, 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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