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Resident urges council to recover funds from voided settlements, cites judge's rulings
Summary
During public comment at the July 8 meeting, resident Cheryl Shagna alleged past settlements were mishandled, referenced rulings by Judge McDaniel and urged the council to —claw back' approximately $1.9 million and other sums from named agreements; no council action was recorded at the meeting.
Cheryl Shagna, a Davenport resident who identified herself during public comment on July 8, urged the City Council to take action to recover funds she said were improperly paid under voided settlement agreements.
Shagna referenced rulings she said were written by Judge McDaniel in December and March and said the rulings direct the council to pursue recovery of settlement funds. She told the council the trial occurred in May and that the rulings "talk about the time factor to claw back the voided agreements." She named the Torres and Thorndike agreements and said the public expects the council to act.
Shagna also alleged that the city's former corporate counsel had been reprimanded by the attorney disciplinary board and questioned whether current corporate counsel was protecting individuals rather than the city. "It is confusing to me who is corporate counsel representing because it seems like they're representing individuals who are no longer employees," she said.
She asked the council to read the judge's rulings and offered to provide documentation. Shagna cited specific sums she said should be recovered, stating "We have to claw back $1,900,000" and referring to another amount she estimated at about $167,000.
No council response that recorded action on the claims appears in the transcript; the mayor acknowledged the comment and moved on to other speakers. The remarks were part of the public-with-business segment of the meeting; the council did not vote or direct staff on the matter during the session recorded in the transcript.
Because Shagna's statements included allegations of improper conduct and legal direction, the council or counsel may need to confirm the referenced court rulings and related documentation before any official action.
