Item K1
K.1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
C ounty of M onroe
Mayor Sylvia Murphy, District 5
Mayor Pro Tem Danny Kolhage, District 1
TheFloridaKeys
Michelle Coldiron, District 2
Heather Carruthers, District 3
David Rice, District 5
County Commission Meeting
December 19, 2018
Agenda Item Number: K.1
Agenda Item Summary #4512
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: County Attorney's Office
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Chris Ambrosio (305) 292-3470
1:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: An Attorney-Client Closed Session in the matter of Board of
County Commissioners of Monroe County, FL vs. Sugarloaf Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. and
Sugarloaf Wi-Fi, Inc., assignee of Keys Wi-Fi, Inc., Case No. CA-K-17-631.
ITEM BACKGROUND: 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 Roman Gastesi, County Attorney Bob
Shillinger, Assistant County Attorneys Chris Ambrosio and Pedro Mercado, special outsidecounsel
Jeff Hochman, Esq. and Damian Albert, Esq. and a certified court reporter.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
8/15/18 (Q2) BOCC scheduled Closed Session for 9/19/18 in Key Largo, FL at 1:30 P.M. or as soon
thereafter as may be heard
9/19/18 (J1) BOCC continued the Closed Session to 11/20/18 in Key West, FL at 1:30 P.M. or as
soon thereafter as may be heard
11/20/18 (M1) BOCC continued the Closed Session to 12/19/18 in Key Largo, FL at 1:30 P.M. or as
soon thereafter as may be heard
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: N/A
DOCUMENTATION:
Closed Session Mayor's Script SVFD and Sugarloaf Wi FI BOCC 12 19 18 (Rev 11 20 18)
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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Effective Date: N/A
Expiration Date:
Total Dollar Value of Contract:
Total Cost to County: Court Reporter Costs
Current Year Portion:
Budgeted: Yes
Source of Funds: 67501-530330
CPI:
Indirect Costs:
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts:
Revenue Producing: No If yes, amount:
Grant:
County Match:
Insurance Required:
Additional Details:
REVIEWED BY:
Chris Ambrosio Completed 08/16/2018 4:09 PM
Bob Shillinger Completed 08/28/2018 4:15 PM
Budget and Finance Completed 08/28/2018 4:49 PM
Maria Slavik Completed 08/29/2018 7:35 AM
Kathy Peters Completed 08/31/2018 12:11 PM
Board of County Commissioners Completed 09/19/2018 9:00 AM
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Mayors Script
For the day of Closed Session
The following should be read at the appropriate point during the day of the closed session.
1. Prior to going into closed session.
A closed attorney-client session pursuant to Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, will nowbe held. It is
estimated that this meeting will take approximately thirty (30) minutes. The persons attending the meeting will
be the County Commissioners, County Administrator Roman Gastesi, County Attorney Bob Shillinger,
Assistant County Attorneys Chris Ambrosio and Pedro Mercado, special outside counsel Jeff Hochman, Esq. and
Damian Albert, Esq. and a certified court reporter.
Since the law prohibits any other person from being present at the closed session, the commissioners, the
County Administrator, the attorneys for the County and the court reporter will now remaininthismeeting
room, and all other persons are required to leave the room. When the closed session is over, we will re-convene
and re-open the public meeting. This public meeting is now closed.
2. At the beginning of the closed session.
Inow call this closed session to order. For the record, this meeting is being held upon the request of the County
Attorney Bob Shillinger who announced at a prior BOCC Meeting held on 8/15/2018 that he needed advice in
the matter of Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, FL vs. Sugarloaf Volunteer Fire Department,
Inc. and Sugarloaf Wi-Fi, Inc., assignee of Keys Wi-Fi, Inc., CA-K-17-631อต At that meeting, theBoard
approved holding a closed session and public notice was given through public announcement of themeetingat
the 8/15/18 BOCC meeting and through publication of the 9/19/18 BOCC meeting agenda onthe County
website. At the 9/19/18 BOCC meeting, the Board continued the closed session to the BOCC meeting to be held
11/20/18. Public notice was given through public announcement at the 9/19/18 meeting and through
At the 11/20/18 BOCC meeting, the Board
continued the closed session to the BOCC meeting to be held 12/19/18. Public notice was given through public
website.
For the record, and the benefit of the court reporter, each of us will state our name and position starting
with the commission.
(After all have identified themselves) Thank you.
Just as a reminder, we will only be discussing settlement negotiations and strategy relatingtolitigation
expenditures. We cannot take any decisive action at this meeting. We can only provide informationand
direction to the attorneys. Any decisions this Board makes concerning this case must be done in a meeting open
to the public.
Letart our discussion with the County Attorney.
3. At the end of the closed session, prior to going into open session.
This closed session is now terminated and we will not reconvene in the public meeting.
4. After the public session has been re-opened.
Attachment: Closed Session Mayor's Script SVFD and Sugarloaf Wi FI BOCC 12 19 18 (Rev 11 20 18) \[Revision 3\] (Attorney-Client Closed
The attorneyclient session has been terminated, and we are now re-opening this public meeting.
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