What the council said

Mike Allen: “It shocks the conscience. It shocks common sense. Someone in a public trust position found themselves in a hit-and-run situation where they hit somebody, drove away and had to be chased down and then their punishment is to get their job back and $290,000. Where in the world does that happen?”

Mike Fagan: “We have heard all the way from Afghanistan on this issue. This is one of those serious, ‘Are you kidding me?’ kind of moments.”

Jon Snyder: “The Police Guild finally weighed in on this last week and in the statement that they issued to the press they described the situation as reprehensible. Yet they still launched the contract complaint on it. And I think all citizens rightly asked, ‘OK if this is reprehensible and you still launched a complaint, what kind of situation would be so reprehensible that you wouldn’t launch a complaint?’ ”

Steve Salvatori: “I’m not an attorney and I’m not a legal expert, but I recognize right and wrong when I see it. Some battles are fought for principle and some battles are fought for dollars. When you fight for principles you fight till hell freezes over and then you fight on the ice. I believe when the facts of this case are brought out that justice will be on our side.”

Ben Stuckart: “We’ve been working really hard on increasing trust in our police department. We’ve said that from day one, that that’s the most important thing, and I think it would send a horrible message to approve this settlement.”

Amber Waldref: “I feel like we did everything that we should have at the time to ensure the safety and the best service to our citizens and so I can’t support this settlement.”

Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin was absent from Monday’s meeting.