ORDINANCE NO. 120233

Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Judy Couty-Smith v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. CV1116-CV02854.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $115,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuit styled, Judy Couty-Smith v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. CV1116-CV02854, 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 $115,000.00 in settlement of said claim in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 12-1010-131521-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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Randall J. Landes

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Chad A. Stewart

Assistant City Attorney