File #: 211024    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/9/2021 In control: Council
On agenda: 12/2/2021 Final action: 12/2/2021
Title: Approving and authorizing settlement of lawsuits entitled Leroy Jones v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case Nos. 1916-CV26683, 2116-CV09497, and WD84715.
Attachments: 1. fact sheet-jones, 2. fiscal note-jones, 3. Authenticated Ordinance 211024

ORDINANCE NO. 211024

 

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Approving and authorizing settlement of lawsuits entitled Leroy Jones v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case Nos. 1916-CV26683, 2116-CV09497, and WD84715.

 

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $350,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuits styled, Leroy Jones v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case Nos. 1916-CV26683, 2116-CV09497, and WD84715, 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 $350,000.00 in settlement of said claims in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 22-7010-131543-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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Tammy Queen

Director of Finance

 

Approved as to form and legality:

 

 

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Tara M. Kelly

Senior Associate City Attorney