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File #: 241021    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: In Committee
File created: 11/6/2024 In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action:
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution authorizing settlement of various matters entitled Joseph C. Blakeman v. City of Milwaukee -- Eastern District of Wisconsin Case Number 23-CV-0097; State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division Case Number CR202200265, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case Number 26G202200480; State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division Case Number CR202302981, and United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case Number 26G202400392; and any and all such future claims.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Attachments: 1. Blakeman - Common Council Payment Letter.pdf, 2. Blakeman - Fiscal Impact Statement.pdf
Number
241021
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing settlement of various matters entitled Joseph C. Blakeman v. City of Milwaukee -- Eastern District of Wisconsin Case Number 23-CV-0097; State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division Case Number CR202200265, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case Number 26G202200480; State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division Case Number CR202302981, and United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case Number 26G202400392; and any and all such future claims.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes settlement of various matters entitled Joseph C. Blakeman v. City of Milwaukee -- Eastern District of Wisconsin Case Number 23-CV-0097; State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division Case Number CR202200265, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case Number 26G202200480; State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division Case Number CR202302981, and United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case Number 26G202400392; and any and all such future claims, for the total amount of $64,000.
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Whereas, Claimant Joseph C. Blakeman has filed a complaint with the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Case Number 23-CV-0097; a complaint with the State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division, Case Number CR202200265, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Case Number 26G202200480; and a complaint with the State of Wisconsin Equal Rights Division, Case Number CR202302981, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Case Number 26G202400392; alleging various state and federal law claims (the “Claims”); and

Whereas, Claimant has named individual Respondent City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, the parties wish to resolve the Claims and any and all future claims without the expense and disruption of further litigation between them by amicably entering into this full and final settlement as to all claims Claimant may have against the Respondent, a...

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