ORDINANCE NO. 050189
Approving and authorizing
settlement of a lawsuit entitled Loch Sand and Construction Company v. City
of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. CV-103-899-CC; appropriating
$1,600,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Legal Expense Fund to
the General Liability Claims account; and recognizing an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the payment of the sum of $1,600,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuit styled Loch
Sand and Construction Company v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No.
CV-103-899-CC as recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management
Committee, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That
$1,600,000 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the
Legal Expense Fund to the following account in the Legal Expense Fund:
05-7010-131521-B General
Liability Claims $1,600,000.00
Section 3. That
the City Attorney is hereby authorized to pay the sum of $1,600,000.00 in
settlement of this lawsuit from funds heretofore appropriated in Account No.
05-7010-131521-B, General Liability Claims.
Section 4. That
this ordinance, making provision for the current expenses of municipal
government, is recognized as an emergency measure within the provision of
Section 15, Article II of the Charter of Kansas City and shall take effect
immediately upon passage.
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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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Wanda Gunter
Acting Director Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Douglas
McMillan
Assistant City Attorney