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Kandiyohi County commissioners authorize mediated settlement in Otis King lawsuit
Summary
The Kandiyohi County Board returned from closed session and voted to authorize the chair to sign a mediated settlement agreement resolving claims by Otis King; the board said the agreement is not an admission of fault and noted insurer MCIT participated. The transcript contains no settlement amount or recorded roll-call tally.
The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners returned from a closed session held under Minnesota Statutes 13D.05 subdivision 3B and voted to authorize the board chair to sign a mediated settlement agreement and release resolving claims that could have been made by Otis King in pending litigation.
A commissioner moved to authorize the chair to sign the agreement in a form approved by county attorney Kendra Olsen; another commissioner seconded the motion and the chair called for a voice vote. The motion passed. County staff said the settlement involves the county and insurer MCIT and described it as resolving the case "in the most fiscally responsible way." The board noted the settlement was not an admission of fault.
Kendra Olsen, identified in the meeting as the board's attorney, was cited as approving the form of the agreement. The transcript records no settlement amount and does not include a roll-call vote tally; the motion was recorded as passed by voice vote.
Because the motion was handled in closed session for pending litigation, the board did not discuss settlement terms in open session during the portion of the transcript provided. The immediate procedural outcome recorded in open session was authorization for the chair to sign the mediated settlement agreement; the transcript does not specify a signature deadline or any implementation steps beyond signing.
The board moved on to administrative business following the vote. No further formal action related to the settlement was recorded in the transcript provided.
