ROBERTSDALE, Alabama – The Robertsdale City Council will receive an additional settlement from BP Exploration & Production Inc. for lost revenues following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

At its regular meeting Friday morning, city attorney Ken Raines presented the settlement to members of the Robertsdale City Council, stating that it had come to his attention that government entities, who had received a settlement from BP, would be able to file an additional claim for lost revenues.

Raines said the settlement would be somewhere between $21,000 and $22,000. According to the terms of the settlement, BP also agreed to pay his attorney’s fees in the matter.

This would be in additional to a previous $20,000 settlement received by the city from BP. At its Dec. 5, 2011 council meeting, the council voted unanimously to agree to the settlement.

At the time, Raines said in a letter to the council that the city would not pursue “at best” a $50,000 claim in Federal Court which would “likely be farmed out to a Louisiana law firm and result in potentially less net return to us and a much longer time in collection by us.”

According to the December agreement, the city accepted the settlement and promised not to sue BP for lost revenues from May 2010 through December 2010 as a result from the April 20, 2010 spill.

This additional settlement would basically double the city’s settlement to $41,000 to $42,000.

The council voted unanimously Friday to accept the settlement. Council members Aubrey Grant and Paul Hollingsworth were not present at Friday’s meeting.

In other business Friday the council:

• Voted to contract with TAG Grinding for storm debris removal.
• Approved a request from the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce for use of the Baldwin County Coliseum July 25 and 26 for the Chamber’s annual Flavors of the South event.
• Approved a request from Robertsdale High School for use of the Baldwin County Coliseum April 5 and 6, 2013 for the school’s prom.
• Purchased a half-page ad in Gulf Coast Newspapers’ annual Big Beautiful Baldwin section at a cost of $375.
• Granted a temporary events liquor license to Moore Brothers Market for use at the Coliseum June 14 for the Baldwin County Republican Party Reception.
• Approved Resolution No. 008-12 for Municipal Water Pollution Prevention as required by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
• Approved Ordinance No. 004-12 granting a request for rezoning from B-2 to R-1.