Title
Resolution to Authorize Settlement of Claim by Tina Khoshkhoo ($45,000.00) (8 Votes Required)
Staff
Prepared by: Jennifer Richards, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Reviewed by: Atleen Kaur, City Attorney
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Whereas, In May 2025, Tina Khoshkhoo, represented by Jennifer Anton of Gruel Mills Nims & Pulman, PLLC asserted a claim against the City and one of the City’s police officers, alleging she sustained a head injury in a motor vehicle accident with a police vehicle that occurred on November 26, 2023 while an officer was responding with lights and sirens to an emergency call;
Whereas, The parties desire to settle and resolve the claim without an admission of liability on the part of any party, wherein the City will pay $45,000.00 Ms. Khoshkoo to settle the matter to in exchange for a full and final settlement agreement signed by the parties and a release of all claims against the City and the officer; and
Whereas, The City Attorney’s Office has advised City Council on this matter in an attorney-client privileged and confidential legal advice memorandum;
RESOLVED, That City Council authorizes the City Attorney to fully resolve the claims by Tina Khoshkhoo for a total payment of $45,000.00 from the City to Tina Khoshkhoo, contingent on the receipt of a full and final settlement agreement signed by the parties and release of all claims against the City, which shall be subject to City Attorney approval as to form and substance;
RESOLVED, That City Council appropriate $45,000.00 from the General Fund fund balance to the FY 2027 Police Department General Fund expenditure budget for payment of this settelment, and
RESOLVED, That the Mayor, Clerk, City Administrator and City Attorney are authorized to take actions to implement this resolution, including signing a settlement agreement.