Title
Report of Settlement of Lawsuit
Summary
ACTION:
Receive as information that Mecklenburg County, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina v. Schenkel & Shultz, Inc., HDR Architecture, Inc., Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects, Inc., and Schenkel Shultz/HDR/Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects Inc., a Joint Venture, in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Mecklenburg County, Case Number: 10-CVS-16383 was settled with defendant HDR Architecture, Inc.
Contact: Marvin A. Bethune, County Attorney
Presentation: Yes____ No _X__
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
On October 4, 2011, the BOCC approved in Closed Session the settlement of the portion of the lawsuit entitled “Mecklenburg County, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina v. Schenkel & Shultz, Inc., HDR Architecture, Inc., Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects, Inc., and Schenkel Shultz/HDR/Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects Inc., a Joint Venture, in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Mecklenburg County, Case Number: 10-CVS-16383 (the “Lawsuit”) with HDR Architecture, Inc. Motion was made by Commissioner Cooksey, seconded by Commissioner James and carried 9-0 with Commissioners Bentley, Clarke, Cogdell, Cooksey, Dunlap, James, Leake, Pendergraph, and Roberts voting yes, to accept the settlement proposal of HDR Architecture, Inc. A copy of the settlement agreement is attached.
In January, 2011, the BOCC approved in Closed Session the settlement of the portion of the Lawsuit with defendant Schenkel & Shultz, Inc. On July 12, 2011 the BOCC approved the settlement of the portion of the Lawsuit with defendant Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects, Inc. The County has now entered into settlement agreements with all three defendants in this Lawsuit such that this lawsuit is now over.
N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3) requires that settlements approved in closed session be reported to the Board and entered into its minutes after the settlement is c...
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