Council authorizes two settlement payments after executive session

After convening in executive session to discuss litigation and real estate acquisition, Mayor B. H. "Skip" Henderson announced that the council had met and that no votes were taken during the session. The council then approved two add‑on resolutions authorizing settlement payments: Resolution 071‑26 for $530,000 to resolve claims by Erin Shephard McLemore and Resolution 072‑26 for $15,000 to resolve other plaintiffs' claims. The motions authorized the mayor, city attorney and finance director to make those payments, including attorney fees, as recorded in the resolutions.