Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to settle the lawsuit known as Mark Cramblit, et al. v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. C2-05-301 in the amount of $150,000.00.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are available for this settlement that will cost $150,000.00.
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To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit of Mark Cramblit, et al. v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. C2-05-301, to authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has had a Mandatory Comprehensive Physical Examinations program that was developed in an effort to provide a safe work place for employees who were exposed to pathogens; and
WHEREAS, the City disciplined Mark Cramblit, Robert Paul Askins, Carl Glick, and Tim Ferguson for refusal to submit to such physical examinations; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to settle this case for $150,000.00; and
WHEREAS, by reason of the foregoing an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the City and it would be to the City's best interest to compromise and settle this matter and for further preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, now therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized and directed to settle the lawsuit of Mark Cramblit, et al. v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. C2-05-301, by the payment of $150,000.00 as a reasonable and fair amount in the best interests of the City of Columbus and by the execution of any and all documents necessary to effectuate this settlement.
Section 2. That for the purposes of paying this settlement, there be and hereby is authorize...
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