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At a glance: Key Los Angeles City Council votes and settlements from April meeting
Summary
The City Council approved several routine items, settled multiple closed-session cases, and recorded roll-call outcomes on a range of matters including consent calendar items and closed-session settlements.
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday recorded votes across several consent and closed-session items and took action on settlements recommended by the Budget and Finance Committee.
The council adopted items 3 through 8, 10 and 11 on the consent calendar by a recorded roll call (15 ayes). Council Member Price recused himself from item 12 and the council then approved that item with the member absent (14 ayes). The Budget and Finance Committee’s recommendations on closed-session settlement items 16 through 25 were approved (15 ayes).
Notable closed-session settlement recommendations read into the record included: up to $250,000 in item 16 (Corey Wynne et al. v. City of Los Angeles), up to $275,000 in item 17 (David Angeles Guzman v. City of Los Angeles), up to $295,000 in item 18 (Logia Rodriguez Martinez v. City of Los Angeles), up to $440,000 in item 19 (Maria Bustio v. City of Los Angeles), up to $964,736 in item 21 (Lara Beltran Martinez et al. v. City of Los Angeles), a rejection of a proposed settlement in item 22 (Bruce Watts et al.), up to $160,000 in item 23 (Jane Doze et al.), up to $110,000 in item 24 (Cassandra Terhime v. Los Angeles Public Library), and a recommendation to reject the proposed settlement in item 25 (William Faulkner v. City of Los Angeles).
Separately, the council considered a closed-session settlement in Time Warner Cable Information Services, CA LLC v. City of Los Angeles (item 20) with a recommended settlement amount read into the record of up to $1,043,209.53 plus interest.
Procedural notes - Several agenda items were held or called special for questions or amendments; item 20 was considered in closed session and required additional roll-call action. Council recorded votes and roll calls for all items taken in open session.
What the council did not resolve today - Several items were held for further questions or amendments (for example item 20 was called special for discussion in closed session), and a number of items not requiring full council discussion were disposed of on the consent calendar.
For exact vote tallies and the council file references, see the City Clerk and council files for the April meeting.
