IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the settlement of the claim of Kelli Hemstock for alleged violations of title 7 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to settle the claim for payment in the amount of $120,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15365, January 24, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, section 526., Jackson County Code, 1984, authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to make lump sum payments, upon the recommendation of the County Counselor, in settlement of claims brought against the County; and,
WHEREAS, section 610.021(1) requires that upon the signing of a settlement agreement by the parties or the final disposition of the matter voted upon this resolution be made public, and,
WHEREAS, the County Counselor has recommended that the claim of County employee Kelli Hemstock be settled for the lump sum payment of $120,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Chief Financial Officer has requested the concurrence of the Legislature in this recommended settlement, and,
WHEREAS, the recommended settlement is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby does concur in the decision to settle the Title 7 claim of Kelli Hemstock for a lump sum payment in the amount of $120,000.00, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution is to be made public pursuant to Section 610.021(1) upon the signing of a settlement agreement by the parties or the final disposition of this matter.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ _____________________________
Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #15365 of January 24, 2005, was duly passed in Closed Session on January 24, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________6_________ Nays _______0______
Abstaining _____0________ Absent ______3______
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #15365 of January 24, 2005, was duly passed in Open Meeting on February 14, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________7_________ Nays _______0______
Abstaining _____0________ Absent ______2______
______________________ _____________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 060-5160-6320
ACCOUNT TITLE: Self Insurance Fund
Non-Departmental - Self Insurance
Workmen's Compensation
NOT TO EXCEED: $120,000.00
________________________ __________________________________
Date Director of the Department of Finance