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File #: 1909-2004    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/21/2004 In control: Safety Committee
On agenda: 11/29/2004 Final action: 12/1/2004
Title: To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer 29,488.00 from the Finance Department to the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, to authorize and direct the City Attorney to pay attorney fees to Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard as legal counsel in the case of Lisa Marie Layman, Administrator of the Estate of Jack Trosper, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence Geis, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Case No. C2-02-1286, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($29,448.00), and to declare an emergency.
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting Details
12/1/20041 ACTING CITY CLERK Attest  Action details Meeting details
11/30/20041 MAYOR Signed  Action details Meeting details
11/29/20041 Columbus City Council ApprovedPass Action details Meeting details
11/29/20041 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Signed  Action details Meeting details
11/17/20041 Atty Drafter Sent to Clerk's Office for Council  Action details Meeting details
11/16/20041 CITY ATTORNEY Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
11/16/20041 Atty Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
11/16/20041 Auditor Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
11/16/20041 CITY AUDITOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
11/15/20041 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
11/15/20041 Atty Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
11/1/20041 Atty Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/26/20041 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Disapproved  Action details Meeting details
10/21/20041 Atty Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the payment of attorney fees to Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard as legal counsel in the case of Lisa Marie Layman, Administrator of the Estate of Jack Trosper, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence Geis, et al.,United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Case No. C2-02-1286.
Fiscal Impact:  Sufficient monies have been set aside by the City to pay the amount of this claim.
 
 
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer 29,488.00 from the Finance Department to the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, to authorize and direct the City Attorney to pay attorney fees to Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard as legal counsel in the case of Lisa Marie Layman, Administrator of the Estate of Jack Trosper, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence Geis, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Case No. C2-02-1286, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($29,448.00), and to declare an emergency.
 
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, Lisa Marie Layman, Administrator, filed suit against Office Lawrence Geis and the City of Columbus in case No. C2-02-1286; and,
 
WHEREAS, since there existed a conflict of interest between Officer Geis and the City of Columbus, it was necessary to employ counsel to defend the interest of Officer Geis; and,
 
WHEREAS, the lawsuit has now been dismissed against the City of Columbus and Officer Geis; and,
 
WHEREAS, the law firm of Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard has now submitted a statement for professional services rendered in the amount of Twenty-nine Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($29,448.00); and,
 
WHEREAS, funds are available within the Finance Department to transfer for this purpose: and,
 
WHEREAS, by reason of the foregoing, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pay legal counsel in a timely fashion thereby preserving the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare; now therefore
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
 
SECTION 1.  That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized and directed to transfer $29,448.00 within the general fund, fund no. 010, from the Finance Department, department/division number 45-01, object level 1-10, object level 3-5501, OCA 904508, to the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, department/division number 30-03, object level 1-03, object level 3-3324, OCA 301382.
 
SECTION 2.  That the City Attorney be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay the attorney fees in Case No. C2-02-1286, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, by the payment of Twenty-nine Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($29,448.00) to the law firm of Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard, which is a reasonable and fair amount and in the best interest of the City of Columbus.
 
SECTION 3.  That for the purposes of paying this obligation, there by, and hereby is, authorized to be expended by the Department of Safety, Division of Police, General Fund 010, Department No. 30-03, OAC Code 301382, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3324, the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($29,448.00).
 
SECTION 4.  That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized to draw a warrant upon the City Treasurer in the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-eight Dolllars ($29,448.00), payable to the law firm of Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard.  
 
SECTION 5.  That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from, and immediately after, its passage and approval by the mayor, or ten days after passage if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.