BATON ROUGE - A former high-ranking official with CATS settled his lawsuit with the Baton Rouge bus system Tuesday, months after his firing following a leaked drug test showing he tested positive for meth.

The legal battle started last year after a series of reports from the WBRZ Investigative Unit on former CATS Comptroller John Cutrone. Cutrone's lawyer had argued that he should not have been subject to random testing because he was not in a "safety sensitive position"

The test that was leaked to the WBRZ Investigative Unit last year showed Cutrone failed it, testing positive for methamphetamine. His lawyer claimed it was a false positive. 

Metro councilwoman Carolyn Coleman is also one of the commissioners on the CATS board. She says is a step in the right direction for the agency, but long overdue.

"Everybody that was here in attendance knew that was the right thing to do," Coleman said.

The Director of Communications for CATS is Deanna Wallace. She did not want to do an interview, but did watch and record our interview with councilwoman Coleman for "protection."

Terms of the settlement were not immediately made public.