ORDINANCE NO. 230043
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Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of lawsuit entitled Ayanna Hightower v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2016-CV24654, in the amount of $450,000.00
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $450,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuit styled Ayanna Hightower v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2016-CV24654, 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 $450,000.00 in settlement of said claims in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 23-7010-131543-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 Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Bret R. Kassen
Associate City Attorney