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North Charleston council authorizes two settlement agreements including $90,000 payout and settlement with Airbnb
Summary
After an executive session, council authorized a $90,000 settlement with property claimants Richard Gesseling and Taylor Spencer and approved an agreement with Airbnb plus an amended fee agreement for outside counsel.
Following an executive session on Feb. 27, the City Council authorized two settlement-related actions.
Council approved a motion authorizing the mayor to execute a settlement agreement between the City of North Charleston and Richard Gesseling and Taylor Spencer concerning a property matter, and to authorize a payment of $90,000 to resolve current and future claims. The council then approved authorization for the mayor to execute a settlement agreement with Airbnb under terms outlined in the agreement and to execute an amended fee agreement between the City and the law firm Thurman Kirchner Tims related to the litigation.
The council moved and seconded both measures and approved them by roll call; the meeting record indicates no votes were cast during the executive session itself and that no decisions were made while in executive session. The subsequent open-session motions recorded roll-call votes in which the present councilmembers voted Aye to authorize the mayor to execute the agreements.
Why it matters: The $90,000 payment resolves a pending property claim; the Airbnb settlement and amended fee agreement address pending litigation that the city identified in executive session. Council action authorized execution of the settlement documents and payment under the stated terms.
Council returned from executive session at about 8:11 p.m., and the motions authorizing these settlements were introduced and approved in open session by recorded roll call.
