ORDINANCE NO. 230061
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Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of lawsuit entitled William Johnson v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 1616-CV08470, for up to $660,000.00.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the sum of $660,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Water Services Fund to the following account:
23-8010-801000-618450 Settlement of Legal Claims $660,000.00
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the City Legal Expense Fund is hereby increased in the following amount:
23-7010-131543-485760 Public Official Liability $660,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $660,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the City Legal Expense Fund to the following account:
23-7010-131543-618200 Public Official Liability $660,000.00
Section 4. That the payment of the sum of up to $660,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuit styled William Johnson v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 1616-CV08470, as recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management Committee, is hereby approved.
Section 5. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to pay up to the sum of $660,000.00 in settlement of said claims in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated charge in Account No. 22-7010-131543-B.
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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 L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Tara M. Kelly
Senior Associate City Attorney