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File #: 211812    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Ordained
File created: 5/11/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/13/2021 Final action: 10/14/2021
Enactment date: 10/14/2021 Enactment #: 211812
Title: Proposing an amendment to Ordinance 2-123 that would require notification to this Council of claims against the City filed at the MA Commission Against Discrimination.
Sponsors: William A. White Jr., Jefferson Thomas ("J.T.") Scott, Jesse Clingan, Wilfred N. Mbah, Lance L. Davis, Katjana Ballantyne
Code sections: Ordinance Not Zoning -
Attachments: 1. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2-123
Related files: 212553

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Proposing an amendment to Ordinance 2-123 that would require notification to this Council of claims against the City filed at the MA Commission Against Discrimination.

 

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Sec. 2-123. - Prosecution of legal proceedings.

The city solicitor may, with the approval of the city treasurer, begin and prosecute legal proceedings for the collection of claims due the city. He or she may, with the approval of the mayor, begin and prosecute such other legal proceedings as in his or her judgment the interests of the city may require, and shall make report thereof without delay to the city council. The city solicitor shall also notify the city council without delay of any suits filed against the city and of any claims against the City filed at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Such notice shall include the name(s) of the plaintiff(s), a description of the nature of the claims brought by the plaintiff(s), and the amount of damages and any other relief sought by the plaintiff(s).

 

NOTE:  Ordained absent Mayor's signature pursuant to section 16 of the City Charter.