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Committee approves legal settlement after split vote; details not discussed
Summary
The Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee approved a legal settlement (item 8) by a 5–2 vote; the transcript recorded the roll call but the settlement’s substantive terms were not discussed on the record.
The Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee voted 5–2 to approve agenda item 8, described on the agenda as a legal settlement related to workers’ compensation claims.
During the clerk’s roll call on the item, Council member Vito, Schaefer, Stevenson, Vice Chair Whiting and Chair Linnea Palmasano recorded aye votes; Council member Chavez and Council member Chugtai recorded no votes. The chair announced the motion carried, 5–2.
The committee did not discuss the settlement’s terms, dollar amounts or claimant identities on the record during the meeting; the agenda flagged items 7 through 10 as legal settlements related to workers’ compensation claims, and item 11 separately as settlement of Corto Gay Flora Caponacu v. City of Minneapolis. Committee members who asked for additional information about related items said they would follow up offline.
