To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit known as Vernon Saulsbery v. City of Columbus, Case No. 2:24-cv-1425, pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; to appropriate funds within the Street, Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund; to authorize the expenditure of the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($120,000.00) in settlement of the lawsuit; and to declare an emergency. ($120,000.00)

Committee

Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee

Requested by

Atty Drafter

Introduced

July 22, 2025

On agenda

July 28, 2025

Passed

July 30, 2025

Where it was heard

Columbus City Council Jul 28, 2025 Approved Pass

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