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Committee OKs ordinance authorizing $49,002,265.10 workers' compensation payment to police employee
Summary
The Committee of the Whole approved an ordinance authorizing a payment of $49,002,265.10 to Springfield Police Department employee Isaiah Cooper in settlement of a workers' compensation claim, as read into the record Aug. 26.
The Committee of the Whole approved an ordinance Aug. 26 authorizing payment of $49,002,265.10 to Springfield Police Department employee Isaiah Cooper to settle a workers' compensation claim (case number 24WCDash017549). The item was part of the meeting's consent calendar and passed by voice vote after being moved and seconded.
Committee members also approved smaller workers' compensation settlement payments read into the record, including $85,200 to former firefighter Keith Ayer (case number 16-WC-031791) and $17,466.86 to former police officer Andrew Watts (case number 24-WC-021119). Those items were likewise handled on consent with no separate discussion.
The transcript records the ordinance motions and the chair's voice votes but does not include detailed debate about the merits of the settlements or the underlying claims. The committee record does include the case numbers supplied when the clerk read each settlement into the record; no roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript excerpt.
