File #: 16269    Version: 0 Name: Barber Settlement
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/16/2007 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 4/16/2007
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the settlement of the claim of Audrey Barber for alleged violations of Title VII to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the case of Barber v. Jackson County, No. 05-818-CV-W-REL, now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing to make payment in the amount of $50,000.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: DISTRICT COURT, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING, SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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A RESOLUTION authorizing the settlement of the claim of Audrey Barber for alleged violations of Title VII to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the case of Barber v. Jackson County, No. 05-818-CV-W-REL, now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing to make payment in the amount of $50,000.00.


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RESOLUTION # 16269, April 16, 2007

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, section 1606.1(3), Jackson County Code, 1984, authorizes the settlement of claims in excess of $5,000.00 upon recommendation of the County Counselor, by Resolution of the Legislature; and,

WHEREAS, the County Counselor has recommended that the claim of County employee Audrey Barber for alleged violations of Title VII to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the case of Barber v. Jackson County, No. 05-818-CV-W-REL, now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, be settled for the lump sum payment of $50,000.00; 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 authorize the County Counselor to settle of the claim of Audrey Barber in the case of Barber v. Jackson County, No. 05-818-CV-W-REL, now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, for a lump sum payment in the amount of $50,000.00, and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments required by this Resolution pursuant to the specific direction of the County Counselor; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Counselor and any other County officials be and ...

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