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Albany agrees to settle auto‑accident lawsuit for $85,000 after executive session
Summary
After an executive session on June 3, the commission disclosed a settlement agreement to resolve Runell James v. City of Albany for $85,000, payable to the plaintiff's attorney with dismissal upon payment.
The City Commission announced following a brief executive session on June 3 that it had agreed to settle a pending lawsuit arising from an automobile accident.
According to the public statement after the closed session, the matter — Runell James v. City of Albany, pending in the State Court of Daugherty County — will be resolved for $85,000. "It was agreed that the case would be settled for $85,000 and, upon payment to the plaintiff's attorney, then that case will be dismissed," the commission reported.
The commission had voted earlier in the meeting to enter executive session to discuss "pending litigation." The roll call to enter executive session was recorded; the subsequent settlement terms were announced at the meeting's close. No public discussion of the facts of the case occurred in open session and no further motions or votes were recorded in the public minutes regarding the settlement.
