Nick Gamache is at City Hall...

After a quick discussion about whether to go in-camera, councillors decided to discuss the terms of a proposed settlement with the companies that are suing Ottawa over the cancellation of the north-south LRT project. The proposed deal states that the city would have to pay one lump some payment of $36,718,500 to the plaintiffs. City lawyers say that is the best possible deal for the city at this point.