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El Paso council authorizes settlements, denies mediator proposal and moves to intervene in El Paso Electric docket
Summary
After an executive session, the city council authorized the city attorney to pursue settlement negotiations in multiple cases, denied a mediator proposal in one lawsuit, and authorized hiring outside counsel to intervene in El Paso Electric Company's Texas Public Utility Commission application for a 101 MW solar and 100 MW battery project.
After a closed executive session on Jan. 21, the El Paso City Council authorized the city attorney’s office to engage in multiple settlement negotiations, to deny a mediator’s proposal in a police-related lawsuit and to hire outside counsel to intervene in El Paso Electric Company’s application at the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Mayor Pro Tem Susie Chavez read motions into the public record after the council reconvened, directing the city attorney’s office to negotiate settlement authority in John Surface and Aiden Chavez v. City of El Paso, cause number…
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