City of Columbus - File #: 0333-2004

• File #: 0333-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/6/2004
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 3/1/2004
• Final action: 3/2/2004
• Title: To authorize and direct the City Attorney to pay attorney fees to Hunter, Carnahan & Shoub as legal counsel in the case of Anisah A. Mohamad v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District Court Case No. C2-01-1085, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of Sixty Thousand, Three Hundred Eighty-five Dollars and Eighty-eight Cents ($60,385.88) and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/2/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/2/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/1/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/1/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
2/17/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/13/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/13/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/13/2004	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
2/12/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/10/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/10/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/9/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/9/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the payment of attorney fees to Hunter, Carnahan & Shoub as legal counsel in the case of Anisah A. Mohamad v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio Case No. C2-01-1085.
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 Attorney to pay attorney fees to Hunter, Carnahan & Shoub as legal counsel in the case of Anisah A. Mohamad v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District Court Case No. C2-01-1085, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of Sixty Thousand, Three Hundred Eighty-five Dollars and Eighty-eight Cents ($60,385.88) and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, Anisah A. Mohamad filed suit against the City of Columbus and former Columbus Police Officer Earl Judd in Case No. C2-01-1085 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio; and

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus claimed that former Officer Judd was engaged in purely personal activities at the time of the incident and was not, therefore, acting in his official capacity as a Columbus Police Officer; and

WHEREAS, since there existed a conflict of interest between former Officer Judd and the City of Columbus, it was necessary to employ counsel to defend the interest of former Officer Judd; and

WHEREAS, the lawsuit has now been dismissed against the City of Columbus and former Officer Judd; and

WHEREAS, the law firm of Hunter, Carnahan & Shoub has now submitted a statement for professional services rendered in the amount of Sixty Thousand, Three Hundred Eighty-five Dollars and Eighty-eight Cents ($60,385.88); and

WHEREAS, by reason of the foregoing, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the City of Columbus and it would be in the City's best interest to compromise and settle this matter and for further preservation of the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare; no...