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File #: 198285    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 12/10/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/11/2014 Final action: 12/11/2014
Enactment date: 12/11/2014 Enactment #: 198285
Title: Requesting an appropriation of $207,500 from Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to fund a court settlement re: 46 Pearl St.
Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -

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Requesting an appropriation of $207,500 from Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to fund a court settlement re: 46 Pearl St.

 

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To the Honorable Board:

 

I respectfully request your approval to appropriate $207,500.00 from Unreserved Fund Balance, ("Free Cash") to the Damages to Persons and Property, Settlements Account (Org. 0115152, Account 576000) for the purpose of settling a lawsuit brought by Mahoney Construction Company, Inc., entitled Mahoney Construction Company, Inc. vs. City of Somerville, Middlesex Superior Court Civil Action No. 13-2216. The lawsuit is to contest the adequacy of the City's pro tanto award in connection with a June 15, 2010 Order of Taking as to land located at 46 Pearl Street and 0 Florence Street in Somerville, Mass.

 

Respectfully,

 

Joseph A. Curtatone

Mayor