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Lawsuit against RS Fiber settled out of court for $75,000

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 9:37am
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een reached in connection with the original Renville-Sibley Fiber to the Home Project.
The cities and counties involved in this original project were being sued for not paying their legal fees over three years ago.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the RS Fiber Cooperative Board shall pay and deliver $75,000 to Best & Flanagan, LLP, Minneapolis, for a full and final settlement and satisfaction of the lawsuit. The amount was to be delivered on or before Thursday, Oct. 1. Once the payment is made, the lawsuit will be dismissed.
Arlington City Attorney Ross Arneson announced the settlement agreement to the Arlington City Council during its regular meeting on Monday night, Oct. 5.
Arneson, who also serves as the Green Isle city attorney, will also make the announcement to the Green Isle City Council during its next regular meeting on Tuesday night, Oct. 13.
Best & Flanagan, LLP, Minneapolis, recently served notice of the lawsuit in the Fourth Judicial District Court in Hennepin County. The law firm was seeking $120,000 in legal fees and costs, plus 10 percent pre-judgment interest, costs and legal fees incurred in attempting to collect this obligation as permitted by law or contract.
The defendants listed in the lawsuit included Renville County, Sibley County, city of Arlington, city of Brownton, city of Buffalo Lake, city of Fairfax, city of Gaylord, city of Gibbon, city of Green Isle, city of Henderson, city of Lafayette, city of New Auburn, city of Stewart and the city of Winthrop, acting by and through the Renville-Sibley County Fiber Joint Powers Agency and the Renville-Sibley County Fiber Cooperative Joint Powers Board.

For more, see the Oct. 7 print edition of The Chronicle.