Anderson County Council on Tuesday night agreed to pay a total of $5,000 to settle a pair of lawsuits filed against the county in 2009.
Council agreed to pay $2,500 to Erick Bradshaw to settle his lawsuit against the county and Anderson County Councilman Eddie Moore in which Bradshaw alleged the county and Moore did not properly respond to a Freedom of Information Act request. The key issue in the case was whether Moore created a list of employees he wanted fired, a list Moore said never existed.
Council also agreed to pay Patricia Jones $2,500 to settle a lawsuit against the county over the hiring of a private investigator and consultant to look into activities that took place during former Anderson County Adminstrator Joey Preston's administration.