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87-427 WMITE - C�TV �LERK ' PINK - FINANCE G I TY OF SA I NT PAU L Council GAf�'qtRV - �PARTMENT '� H BIUE - MAVOR ' F11C NO. �- �� C ncil Reso tio - ' ' ' �� /� Presented By � � � Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS , St Paul Police Officer Michael Morehead was a party defendant 'n a lawsuit brought against the City and several other police offi ers by Dennis Lewis and Rob�rt Lewis ; and WHEREAS, th nature of the claim made by said named plain- tiffs was one f police brutality arising out of an incident that occurred du ing an arrest; and WHEREAS, Of icer Morehead was himself �njured in said inci- dent and as a r sult also brought his own claim against the said Dennis Lewis an Robert Lewis in the form of a Counter-Claim; and WHEREAS, O ficer Morehead, in consultation with Assistant City Attorney D vid Nord, learned that he could not be represented - by a City Atto ney in his Counter-Claim, but would have to seek outside legal c unsel �o represent him and that the City Attorney could only re resent him in the �eiense of the case brought against him; an WHEREAS , fficer Morehead has incurred attorney' s fees with the firm of C llins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh for representing him in his Cou ter-Claim in the amount of $ 3 ,026.75 ; and WHEREAS , he City Attorney has refused to pay the aforesaid at'corney' s fee ; and WHEREAS , Morehead had misunderstood the position of the City Attorney 'n this transaction and had been under the misappre- hension that he City would pay for the attorney' s fees in the representatio of him in the aforesaid Counter-Claim; and COUNC(LMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas Drew Nays Nicosia [n Favor Rettma� Scheibel Sonnen __ AgBinst BY Tedesco Wilson Form A�pproved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: D te Certified Passed by Council ecretary BY By� A►pproved by Ylavor: Date _ Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council Bv - — BY WMITE - C�TV �LERK ' PINK - FINANGE CO{�nCII CAN'A-FV - O�PARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAUL File NO. �7� �� Bl_UE � - MAVOR Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS, it is the belief of the City Council that Officer Morehead acted 'n good faith in hiring outside counsel to repre- sent him as afo ementioned and in incurring expenses for attor- ney' s fees there or; and WHEREAS , t e morale of other City employees might be sig- nificantly affe ted should the City not pay or at least contribute toward payment f the aforesaid attorney' s fees; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, hat in the interest of good government and for the general benefit of the City itself, and in the interest of compro- mising a hereto ore existing dispute, the appropriate City officials are hereby auth rized to issue payment to the law firm of Collins, Buckley, Sauntr & Haugh in the amount of $1 ,816.05 ; and, be it FURTHER R SOLVED, that prior to said payment, the law firm of Collins, Bu kely, Sauntry & Haugh shall submit an itemized billing to est blish the charges for representation of Officer Morehead in th Counter-Claim brought against the aforesaid Dennis Lewis and Robe t Lewis. COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas p�eW Nays ,� Nicosia [n Favor --- Rettman � Scheibel Sonnen �—__ AgBi[ls1 BY Tedesco Wilson �g87 Adopted by Council: D te A�� Form A�prove y City Att ey Certified a s d C un � e r BY sy� �� r Approv y 1lavor: Date � " � �� Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council B _ — BY PU�.IS�ED f,�:��; s 1 1987 �