Item O5
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUl\iMARY
Meeting Date: July 16,2008
Division: County Attorney
Bulk Item: Yes
No
Staff Contact Person: Natileene Cassel
Telephone# 292~3470
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of request to schedule a closed executive
session of the Board of County Commissioners in the matter of The Tower Group, Inc.
vs. Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, Case No. 07-CA-1482K and
Monroe County Board o/County Commissioners vs. Gonzalez Architects, et aI., Case No,
08-CA-458-K at the August 20,2008 meeting in Ma~athon.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Legal staff d.esires direction from the Board on the case. Per
F,S, 286.11(8), the subject matter of the meeting shall be confined to settlement
negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures, Both cases will be
considered in the closed session as they are inextricably related and it is anticipated that
they will be joined in the near future.
Present at the meeting will be the Commissioners, County Administrator Roman Gastesi,
County Attorney Suzanne Hutton, special litigation counsel Mark Miller, Assistant
County Attorneys Bob Shillinger, and Natileene Cassel and a certified court reporter.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval
TOTAL COST: @ $1000.00
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes XX
No
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No --1L- AMOUNT PER MONTH_Year
APPROVED BY:
County Atty XX_ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management _
DOCUMENTATION: Included _ Not Required_X_
DISPOSITION:
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