Item P18
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
12/20/2006
Division:
County Attorney
Bulk Item: Yes
No~
Department: CountY Attornev
Staff Contact Person: Bob Shillinger
AGENDA m:M WORDING: Approval of request to schedule a closed executive session of the
Board of County Commissioners in the matter of Florida Keys Citizens Coalition & Last Stand v. DCA
and Monroe County, DOAH 06-2449 at a future date, time and location to be determined by the
BOCC.
ITEM BACKGROUND: The Florida Keys Citizens Coalition and Last Stand have challenged DCA's
approval of fiv(~ (5) Monroe County ordinances which implement the Tier system. The case is
scheduled to be heard on February 6-9, 2007. A closed session is being requested in the event there are
issues to be discussed prior to going to final hearing or if a proposed settlement agreement is reached in
the interim.
Per F.S. 286.011(8), the subject matter of the meeting shall be confined to settlement negotiations or
strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures.
Present at the meeting will be the Commissioners, County Administrator Tom Willi, County Attorney
Suzanne Hutton, Chief Assistant County Attorney Bob Shillinger, and the County's special litigation
counsel David Jordan, Esq., and a certified court reporter.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: n/a
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval.
TOTAL COST:
@$100.00
BUDGETED: Yes.1!1L- No
COST TO COUNTY:
@$lOO.OO
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No xx
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED ny: County Atty _
DIVISION DlJRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
Included
Not Required X
AGENDA ITEM # flyl
DISPOSITION:
Revised 2/05
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MON,WE COUNTY ATT
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The Sunshine Law Chronicle
At the ,BOCC rneetmg on Fcb, 15,2006 cnmmi...acmer Neugent ~ thftlC tiillow .
conum~ 01& ~jlm..dd~IIIIl.'.l'" VJOIBIKII: I 7WImI 1.J1X1e i)"peDK:movca. TO .......".1lIKa-,
Ricllllld ColJiDI' .....dt..1. s-....... by Comm. Murray NeI.m. CJmr1es McCoy provided
the third vole to tmmiDa1e. 1bis item had been 11IlIlDimousIy pI8ced on the ...... first
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~ mn: lIOm~~ = - ---s-==== _the fiJlIowiDa:
.. The Key West CitizeD resp.lII(Ie4 to Commi....v.- Ncugeats eIIIrps with -u
of~ ofmia.....l_totions and hI_ untndhs.
.. Comm. Neugeot criticiad Mayor Mc:Coy while the im-ti~ WlIlI in pr"l5'......
., theft" was DO eYideaee of coo........:...mn.. behnlen C(>IIIftIf......... ClI'their
Am..... tb8t \YDI1Ic:l,..bllll":" prior cam.u...,,:i.l.ati.rm
., In addi1ioD DO oCber indepeOOem JIIIlLy bas otl'md lIIlY fiIcls that _bas of the
BOtc diacusnd Ikowh...tionpilJrt6themc: J:..g oflS Fcb2OO6, eitherpublic ClI'
private. .
· Comm. Spebar tumed it into an aCaon item by DIlIkiDg a motion in favor of
tennintdinn
· All c:ommissioners plus sfldfwere subpo-n.M
· llDdeir 0lIth DO one had auy evi~ ofwroog doing, including John RidJard
CoDiDs..
· There were c:oundess articles in the JDIlCtia; the media com.....nt.. are DOt a basis for
a complaint and are CODjecture in IIllture.. But, none of this ~ merited
ti.Ii1JxI' inve8tigation.
· Cell phone usage and email_ subpo<'o~,
· 'I'bere were eowrtIess in1erviews and articles "-HIlg with this matter in the media
:r. ~..-.ry
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states that it 'Seems' to ~~::::::! ~~bellad
DO to
CoaduioB
~1lItes = All investi:eads for this case have been exbeusted;
_. ~ is closed furtlier mvestlgal1on.