File #: 18845    Version: 0 Name: settlement - Anthony S. Kweku
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/1/2015 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 6/1/2015 Final action: 6/1/2015
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to settle the employment claims of Anthony S. Kweku for the total payment by the County of $110,000.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM
Attachments: 1. 18845adopt.pdf
      IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to settle the employment claims of Anthony S. Kweku for the total payment by the County of $110,000.00.
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18845, June 1, 2015
 
INTRODUCED BY      Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, County employee Anthony S. Kweku has alleged certain employment claims in the workplace; and,
 
WHEREAS, although the County denies any wrongdoing, after a thorough investigation and negotiations, the County Counselor recommends a settlement in the amount of $110,000.00, in exchange for the full and complete release of all claims, to be paid to Mr. Kweku and his attorney, Lynne Bratcher; and,
 
WHEREAS, the proposed settlement will limit the County's financial obligation in this matter and is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the settlement of the claims of Anthony Kweku, as recommended by the County Counselor, be and hereby is approved; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to issue checks totaling $110,000.00, to Mr. Kweku and his attorney, pursuant to the specific direction of the County Counselor; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Counselor be and hereby is authorized to execute an appropriate settlement agreement and any and all other documents necessary to give effect to this settlement.
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
____________________________                ______________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                   County Counselor
 
 
Certificate of Passage
 
      I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18845 of June 1, 2015 was duly passed on June 1, 2015 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
      Yeas _______9________                  Nays ______0________
 
 
      Abstaining ____0_______                  Absent ______0______
 
 
 
 
 
________________________                  ___________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
 
Fiscal Note
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      56380
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Self Insurance Fund
                        Non-Departmental
                        Uninsured Claimants
NOT TO EXCEED:            $110,000.00
 
 
 
_________________________                  ______________________________
Date                                          Director of Finance and Purchasing