Budget and Finance committee recommends multiple settlement payouts totaling up to roughly $4 million

The City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee presented recommended settlement amounts for several closed‑session cases and the council recorded votes adopting the committee’s recommendations.

Concejala Yeroslovsky read the committee’s recommendations for agenda items numbered 19 through 33, describing proposed expenditure caps or directions in individual cases. The committee recommended paying up to $195,000 in the matter captioned with plaintiff Randy Menard Eddard (item 19); up to $325,000 in the matter listed for item 20; up to $575,000 for item 21; up to $300,000 for item 22; up to $1,150,000 for item 23; up to $150,000 for item 24; up to $125,000 for item 25; up to $826,000 for item 26; and up to $500,000 for item 27. For certain items the committee recommended rejecting an offered resolution, and for item 33 the committee recommended spending up to $149,000 in a case brought by a fair‑housing organization.

After the committee report was read, the council opened the list for a vote and the transcript records a roll call with 13 votes in favor on the committee recommendations at that point. Later in the meeting, for related closed‑session items the transcript records subsequent roll calls with recorded tallies (including a 15‑vote tally on at least one item and a final recorded tally of 14 on the later special item), reflecting council consideration and adoption of committee recommendations across multiple votes.

The committee’s list as read in the meeting transcript documents specific dollar ceilings for many settlements and identifies several items for which the committee recommended rejecting settlement offers; the transcript does not include settlement contracts or definitive payment entries — it records the committee recommendations and the council’s subsequent recorded votes to adopt those recommendations during the session.