File #: 240326    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/21/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/11/2024 Final action: 4/11/2024
Title: Sponsor: Director of the Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement of the lawsuit entitled Zekelia Oates v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2316-CV18711, in the amount of $65,000.00.
Attachments: 1. docket memo-oates, 2. Authenticated Ordinance 240326

ORDINANCE NO. 240326

 

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Sponsor:  Director of the Law Department

 

Approving and authorizing settlement of the lawsuit entitled Zekelia Oates v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2316-CV18711, in the amount of $65,000.00.

 

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $65,000.00 for the settlement of claims asserted by Zekelia Oates in the lawsuit styled Zekelia Oates v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2316-CV18711, 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 $65,000.00 in settlement of said claims asserted by Zekelia Oates in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 24-7010-131543-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 L. Queen

                                                                                                                              Director of Finance

 

                                                                                                                              Approved as to form:

 

 

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                                                                                                                               Jason Conkright

                                                                                                                              Assistant City Attorney