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RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF A PROPERTY DAMAGE,
CONTINUING TRESPASS, AND CONTINUING NUISANCE CLAIM FILED BY LUCY
MASTEJ IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA FOR THE
AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF $27,000.00 AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO DISBURSE TO LUCY MASTEJ THE AMOUNT OF $27,000.00.
WHEREAS, Lucy Mastej filed civil action file number 2004-RCCV -778 against Augusta,
Georgia in the Superior Court of Richmond County seeking damages to her property based upon a
claim of a continuing nuisance and/or continuing trespass; and
WHEREAS, the parties to the civil action have participated in a court-ordered mediation in
an effort to resolve all outstanding issues between the parties; and
WHEREAS, Lucy Mastej has agreed to settle any and all pending and potential claims
against Augusta, Georgia, its officers, employees, successors, and agents in exchange for payment in
the amount of$27,000.00 and Augusta-Richmond County admits no liability;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission,
that the Augusta-Richmond County Commission hereby agrees to settle any and all pending and
potential claims with Lucy Mastej by the payment of$27 ,000.00, and that the County Administrator
is hereby authorized to pay that sum in the form of a check payable to H. Wilson Haynes, Esq.,
attorney for Lucy Mastej.
Adopted this -" day of October, 2009.
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David S. Cope ver
Mayor, Augusta, Georgia
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CERTIFICATION
The undersigned Clerk of Commission, Lena J. Bonner, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission on
September _, 2009 and that such Resolution has not been modified or resented as of the date
hereof and the undersigned further certifies that attached hereto is a true copy of the Resolution
which was approved and adopted at the Commission meeting on September 1,2009.
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Lena J. Bonnel
Clerk of Commission