City of Chicago
Watts global settlement (176 lawsuits, approved by the Council 2025-09-15)
$90.0 million
Exact amount: $90,000,000.00
Jan 1 to Jul 31, 2026, partial year, unaudited
Paid so far364 payments. Payments (including $10,389,123 of lawyers' fees and costs) were sent to the Comptroller in January and February 2026 for settlements the Council approved on 2025-09-15. The report's own 'Total Global Watts Settlement' cell shows $85,402,413 because 22 amounts in the sheet are typed as text. Adding them back gives exactly $90,000,000, the amount the Council approved.
This is one court-approved deal that settled hundreds of lawsuits about one former sergeant, so there is no smaller bill to show.
This box has no smaller boxes to open.