City councilors will be asked to approve a settlement related to alleged excessive use of force by police, while the cost of a separate suit over stormwater fees swells.
An attorney for the companies has estimated more than 1,500 owners of nonresidential properties were subject to similar fees and were also due reimbursement for years of paying inflated charges.
Aug. 9—DULUTH — The pool of plaintiffs challenging the city over stormwater fees could soon grow after a judge certified the lawsuit as a class-action case. In an order Wednesday,