Mayor Joe Hogsett asked for the funding request to be fast-tracked so the city could address the issue more quickly.

The council heard a $14.4 million proposal at a special meeting, giving them the required 10-day public notice before voting at their scheduled meeting on March 12.

Clay announced his resignation minutes before the Council's full meeting Monday night - the meeting in which Democrats were planning to vote him out of the position.

The lawsuit states that Clay violated state law when he terminated staff members without the authority of the full council.