Medina Councilmember Lucius Biglow has dropped his fight over an October 2008 censure that reprimanded him for communications deemed inappropriate by his colleagues, according to an announcement by Mayor Mark Nelson on Monday.

Nelson said Biglow had agreed to “consider this issue closed and part of history.”

Biglow recently proposed a resolution for the council to rescind its censure action and compensate him for $10,979 in legal fees that he incurred while dealing with the matter.

He wrote in a letter to the city attorney that his reputation had been “wrongly besmirched,” and threatened to sue those he thought responsible for $10 million if the resolution did not pass.

Among the people Biglow threatened to target were three Medina residents, two female police staff, and “certain members of the Council who conspired with the others.”

The council had reprimanded Biglow in October for communications that involved references to sex and race, but the councilmember said in a letter to the city attorney that the censure was “based on misrepresentations, misunderstandings and a total lack of credible evidence.”

Nelson said in a statement Monday: “Mr. Biglow advises me that he has decided it is now time to end these discussions…and for all of us to move on to the important issues facing the council and the City of Medina.”

Biglow’s term ends in December.