A bill for an ordinance authorizing a supplemental appropriation from the General Contingency Fund to the Liability Claims Special Revenue Fund. (FINANCE & SERVICES) Authorizes a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $6 million from the General Contingency Fund to the Liability Claims Special Revenue Fund. This bill was approved for filing by Councilwoman Kniech.  
Please put it on the floor for a vote. Certainly. Uh, Councilwoman Sussman, could you please put 1057 to be ordered published? Yes, I move that council bill 1057 be published. It has been moved and seconded. Comments from members of Council Councilwoman Fox. Thank you, Mr. President. This is an ordinance that moves $6 million from the contingency fund to the settlement fund. And of course, it is in in advance of what will happen next week with a resolution to pay a settlement. And it is a settlement to all. Concerning the Marvin Booker case, a few weeks ago, I supported a measure for the city to assume responsibility for punitive damages. In this case, the purpose, as it was explained to me, was to give the city standing and to contest the size of the punitive damages. I agreed with that rationale. The city filed a post-trial motion to reduce punitive damages, but that has not yet been acted on by the courts. Instead, the city is planning to settle for the full amount of punitive damages. That means that of the other 4.65 million awarded by the jury to the plaintiffs, the state 150,000 of which is company compensatory damages and 4.5 million punitive. Now, that's a 1 to 30 ratio. To me that is not proportional and case law supports requiring proportionality. Since this is taxpayer money, I'd prefer to have the amount of punitive damages legally determined so we can have certainty entering into a settlement at this time. While understandable in this emotionally charged local and national climate, gives no legal guidance to this issue of proportionality. That's a reason I'll be voting against transferring $6 million, which does include the attorney fees this week and against the actual settlement agreement next week. Thank you, councilman. Thoughts, councilwoman, can each. Thank you, Mr. President. I don't want to go into too much detail, but I thought it was important since we have a vote and a colleague calling this out to just make a quick comment. As chair of finance, I was asked to approve this bill for filing. And my reason for doing so was because of the importance, I believe, for closure. We have a family who lost a loved one who certainly must be ready for closure. And we also, as a city, need to have closure on the past so that we can focus on the very real, very important work we have going forward . I happen to not just be a council person, but I'm also an attorney. And in both of the oath I took, I have respect for the jury system and we have a jury verdict and we have a very agreed upon settlement regarding attorney's fees tonight. And I think that it is time for us to focus on closure of this chapter so that we can do the really, really hard work that we have yet to do. That is where my focus will be. That is where the focus I want of our city attorney's office to be of our sheriff's department and all the leaders of this city. And I believe that closing this chapter allows us to put that focus going forward. So for that reason, in spite of the difficulty of this situation, I do hope that all my colleagues will be supporting this financial decision to move these funds so that we can then proceed, as my colleague described, with the legal decisions next. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilwoman Kennedy. Councilwoman Ortega. My vote on this will be consistent with when we have previously discussed this issue. As I shared, my daughter works for the Denver Sheriff's Department. She was not directly involved in this particular incident, but I feel that it's important to abstain from the vote. So I just wanted to indicate that. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. Are there any comments on 1057? CNN Madam Secretary. Roll call. Fights. No carnage. Layman Guy Monteiro Nevett I. Ortega. Abstain. Rob Sheppard. Susman. Brooks. I. Brown. BROWN. Mr. President. I. Madam Secretary, please positively announce the results tonight. One nay, one abstention. And I's one nay, one abstention. 1057 has been ordered published. Madam Secretary can remember the last bill for introduction, which I believe was 975. Councilwoman Fox, what would you like for us to do with this? Please put on the floor for a vote.