ORDINANCE NO. 010669
Approving and authorizing
settlement of the lawsuit styled Charles Clark, et al. v. City of Kansas
City, Missouri, Case No. 99-CV-200654 and settlement of Claim No. T98-1159
for loss associated with the death of Rashonda Talifero.
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the complete settlement of all claims of each and every Plaintiff of the
lawsuit styled Charles Clark, et al. v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case
No. 99-CV-200654, by payment to the Plaintiffs the aggregate sum of
$525,000.00, as recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management
Committee, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That
the settlement of Claim No. T98-1159, a wrongful death claim against the City
of Kansas City, Missouri, arising out of the October 4, 1998, death of Rashonda
Talifero, by payment of the sum of $75,000.00 to her children and parents, as
recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management Committee, is hereby
approved.
Section 3. That
$600,000 is hereby reduced in the following account of the General Fund by the
following amount:
02-100-017-9990-B Contingent
Appropriation $600,000.00
Section 4. That
$600,000 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the
General Fund to the following account:
02-100-012-9049-B Transfer
to the Legal Expense Fund $600,000.00
Section 5. That
the revenue in the following account of the Legal Expense Fund is hereby
reestimated in the following additional amount:
02-701-013-9200 Transfer
from the General Fund $600,000.00
Section 6. That
$600,000 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the
Legal Expense Fund to the following account:
02-701-013-1521-B General
Liability Claims $600,000.00
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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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Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney