The night's heaviest moment had nothing to do with zoning or budgets: Council approved a settlement of up to $35 million in the decades-old Yogurt Shop criminal cases, with the Mayor apologizing to the wrongly accused men and their families (Item 87).
The night's heaviest moment had nothing to do with zoning or budgets: Council approved a settlement of up to $35 million in the decades-old Yogurt Shop criminal cases, with the Mayor apologizing to the wrongly accused men and their families Item 87. Funding will come from the Liability Reserve Fund and debt obligations. Council also locked in the senior and disability homestead tax exemption, which the Mayor set at $204,000 to keep relief roughly equivalent to last year Item 1, and signed off on the long-awaited St. John redevelopment package on the old North IH-35 properties, with Mayor pro tem Vela celebrating the project finally moving and Zenobia Joseph raising affordability and transit concerns (Items 2-4). On renter protections, Council adopted a fee-transparency ordinance requiring landlords with five or more units to disclose certain fees during leasing, after the apartment association pushed back and tenant advocates cheered Item 45.
