By Anita Miller

In a special called meeting Monday night, the city of Kyle unanimously approved an offer to settle pending litigation with Kinder Morgan.

Under terms of the deal, the city will exempt the energy giant from its new pipeline ordinance in exchange for two cash payments totaling $2.7 million.

But the move doesn’t put the dispute completely to an end, one council member reminded the public.

The motion was to authorize the Kyle City Council to finalize the settlement, under which Ki...