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File #: 25-1109-0611    Name: Settlement of Wint v. CPD
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 5/15/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/11/2025 Final action: 6/11/2025
Title: SETTLEMENT OF ARIA WINT, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF HER SON, LINCOLN WINT, A MINOR V. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT CASE NO. 2023 L 000769
Sponsors: Law Department
Indexes: Settlement Agreement

Title

 

SETTLEMENT OF ARIA WINT, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF HER SON, LINCOLN WINT, A MINOR V. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT

CASE NO. 2023 L 000769

 

Body

To the Honorable Board of Commissioners of the Chicago Park District

 

I. Settlement Information

 

Type:                      Legal Settlement

 

Claim:                      Aria Wint, individually, and on behalf of her son, Lincoln Wint, a minor v. Chicago Park District (Case No. 2023 L 000769)

 

Settlement Amount:                      $80,000.00

 

Authorization:                      Authorize the General Counsel to execute the Settlement Agreement and

include other relevant terms and conditions in the written Agreement.

 

 

II. Recommendation

 

It is recommended that an order be entered authorizing settlement of the lawsuit, Aria Wint,

individually, and on behalf of her son, Lincoln Wint, a minor v. Chicago Park District (Circuit

Court of Cook County Case No. 2023 L 000769), in the amount of $80,000.00. The General

Counsel has determined that this settlement is in the District’s best interests.

 

 

III. Budget and Financial Information

 

Budget Classification:                      Settlement and Judgment Fund

 

Fiscal Year:                      2025

 

Source of Funds:                      022.8280.8280.625015.1.1.1.1

 

 

IV. General Conditions

 

1) Conflicts: The agreement shall not be legally binding on the Chicago Park District if entered

into in violation of the provisions of 50 ILCS 105, the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act.

 

2) Ethics: The Chicago Park District’s Ethics Code, Chapter III of the Code of the Chicago Park

District, shall be incorporated into and made a part of the agreement.

 

3) Contingent Liability: The agreement shall contain a clause that any expenditure beyond the

current fiscal year is deemed a contingent liability, subject to appropriation in the subsequent fiscal year budget(s).