To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuits known as: Gutknecht Construction Company v. City of Columbus, Ohio, Case No. 21-CV002381; Gutknecht Construction Company v. City of Columbus, Ohio, Case No. 21-CV002382; and Mr. Excavator, Inc. v. Gutknecht Construction Company, et. al., Case No. 21-CV001568; and related case, Epic Steel Company v. Gutknecht Construction Company, et al., Case No. 20-CV00594, all pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio; to authorize the transfer and expenditure of the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and zero cents ($500,000.00) in settlement of these lawsuits; and to declare an emergency. ($500,000.00)