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. ?_,. <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2004 - 81 <br />BY: Mayor Musial <br />A RESOL UTION A UTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF LAW TO <br />CONSENT TO A SETlLEMENT AGREEMENT BET i-VEEN CONNIE <br />I. CH. AKANAND ?HE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OHIO BUREAU <br />OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, AND DECLARING AN <br />EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, on Apri128, 2001, Connie I. Chakan sustained an injury axising out <br />of and within the course and scope of her employment as an Auxiliary Police Officer of <br />the City of North Olmsted; and <br />WHEREAS, Worker's Compensation Claim No. 01-363539, filed by Chakan, <br />was, in part, administratively denied by the Administrator on June 10, 2003; and <br />WKEREAS, said partial denial was appealed to Common Pleas Court, assigned <br />Case No. 03 CV 506013, and is now set for jury trial on May 4, 2004; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio Attorney General has, on behalf of the Ohio Bureau of <br />Workers' Compensation, recommended settlement of the above claim in the amount of <br />Five Thousand ($5,000.00) to be paid by the Administrator on behalf of the State of Ohio <br />and then, with the consent of the City, to be added to the experience rating, thereby <br />increasing the future premiums paid by the City of North Olmsted in an amount that will <br />exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), which is the limit of the Director of Law's <br />settlement authority granted by this Council under Ordinance No. 2004-01; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to authorize the Director of Law to <br />consent to the above Settlement Agreement and to execute any necessary and appropriate <br />administrative and judicial entries to evidence the City's consent; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLYED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That the Director of Law is hereby authorized to consent to a <br />Settlement Agreement by and between Connie I. Chakan and the Administrator of the <br />Bureau of Workers' Compensation, in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Case No. 03 CV <br />506013, in the amount of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, and is further authorized to <br />execute administrative and judicial journal entries or documents necessary to enter into <br />said Settlement Agreement, in such form as deemed acceptable and approved by the <br />Director of Law. <br />?. <br />..:.: . y?."Ye..e.x , ..._ „.