Explanation
To authorize the City Attorney to settle the case of Karl Shaw v. City of Columbus, pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division; to authorize the expenditure of $475,000.00 from the general fund in payment of the settlement; and to declare an emergency.
Background
This ordinance is submitted to settle the lawsuit known as Karl Shaw v. City of Columbus, pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. 2:18-CV-483, in the amount of four hundred seventy five thousand dollars ($475,000.00). Mr. Shaw is a police officer with the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police. Mr. Shaw filed a complaint alleging race discrimination with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $475,000 from the general fund for this purpose. Specifically, $25,000 attributable to back pay will be paid from the Division of Police’s 2020 general fund budget, with the balance funded from existing BRDI002433.
Fiscal Impact
Funds were not specifically budged for this settlement; however, sufficient monies are available on BRDI002433 and within the Division of Police’s general fund budget to pay the amount of this claim.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to settle the case of Karl Shaw v. City of Columbus, pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division; to authorize the expenditure of $475,000.00 from the general fund in payment of the settlement; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Mr. Shaw filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division alleging that the City intentionally discriminated against him because of his race and retaliated against him when the City failed to allow him to take a position in narcotics; and
WHEREAS, following the ...
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