Item W3
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARy
Meeting Date:
10/15/03
Division:
County Attornev
Bulk Item: Yes ~ No
Department:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Request for the Board to schedule a closed attorney-client session for November 19,2003 in Key Largo
to discuss settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures in the case of
Karl Loose v. Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Karl Loose brought an action against the County under the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) for
alleged deficiencies in the Jackson Square court house complex in Key West and at Higgs Beach. A
pretrial conference is scheduled for March 9, 2004, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Florida, in Miami. The County Attorney's office is being assisted in this case by Vernis & Bowling of
the Florida Keys, P.A. The County Attorney's office desires the advice of the Board concerning the
litigation. Present at the session will be the Board, the County Administrator, the County Attorney,
Assistant County Attorney Bob Shillinger, and outside counsel Scott Siverson, Esq.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes xx No
AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_
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DOCUMENTATION:
Included
To Follow_
Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM # ~