ORDINANCE NO. 230043

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Sponsor:  Director of the Law Department

Approving and authorizing settlement of lawsuit entitled Ayanna Hightower v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2016-CV24654, in the amount of $450,000.00

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the payment of the sum of $450,000.00 in settlement of the lawsuit styled Ayanna Hightower v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2016-CV24654, 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 $450,000.00 in settlement of said claims in this lawsuit from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 23-7010-131543-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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Tammy Queen

Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Bret R. Kassen

Associate City Attorney