ORDINANCE NO. 051140
Approving and authorizing
settlement of a lawsuit entitled Vanessa Robinson, et al., v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, et al., Case No. 03CV221964; appropriating the sum of
$295,000.00 to the Automobile Liability Claims Fund; and recognizing an
emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the
payment of the sum of $295,000.00 in settlement of the claims of Vanessa
Robinson and Francisco Robinson in a lawsuit styled Vanessa Robinson, et
al., v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, et al., Case No. 03CV221964, as
recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management Committee, is hereby
approved.
Section 2. That
$295,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the
Legal Expense Fund to the following account in the Legal Expense Fund:
06-7010-131545-B Automobile
Liability Claims $295,000.00
Section 3. That
the City Attorney is hereby authorized to pay the sum of $295,000.00 in
settlement of the claims in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in
Account No. 06-7010-131545-B.
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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G.
Steven Diegel
Assistant City Attorney