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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY of MONROE Mayor James K.Scholl,District 3
The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern Michelle Lincoln,District 2
Craig Cates,District 1
David Rice,District 4
Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
September 10, 2025
Agenda Item Number: KI
2023-4493
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: County Attorney
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Anjelica N. Harden-Ivanoski or Bob
N/A Shillinger
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Attorney-Client Closed Session in the Matter of Mitchell v. 3406
North Roosevelt Boulevard Corporation; Monroe County; Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners, and Monroe County Tourist Development Council, Case No. 24-CA-890-K.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
The County is currently in litigation in the matter of Mitchell v. 3406 North Roosevelt Boulevard
Corporation; Monroe County; Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, and Monroe County
Tourist Development Council, Case No. 24-CA-890-K. The County Attorney needs to discuss the
current status of the litigation, and seeks Board direction regarding trial strategy and litigation
expenditures.
Persons in attendance will include the County Commissioners, County Administrator Christine Hurley,
County Attorney Bob Shillinger, Assistant County Attorney Anjelica N. Harden-Ivanoski, Risk
Manager Gaelan P. Jones, and a certified court reporter. The request for a closed session was approved
at the 08-20-2025 BOCC meeting.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
08-20-2025 BOCC Meeting, Agenda Item Q9.: Request for a closed session to be held at the 09-10-
2025 BOCC Meeting.
INSURANCE REQUIRED:
No
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Hold the closed session.
DOCUMENTATION:
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Closed Session Script-Day of-Stacey Mitchell.docx
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Court reporter costs
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Mayor's Script for the Day of the 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 now be 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 Christine Hurley, County Attorney Bob
Shillinger, Assistant County Attorney Anjelica Harden-Ivanoski, Monroe County Risk Manager Gaelan
Jones, 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 remain in this meeting
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:
I now 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 August 20, 2024, that
he needed advice in the matter of Stacey Mitchell v. Monroe County BOCC, et al.,, Case No. 24-CA-890-
K. At that meeting, the Board approved holding a closed session and public notice was given through
public announcement of the meeting at the 08/20/2025 BOCC Meeting and through publication of the
09/10/2025 BOCC regular meeting agenda on the County's 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 related to
litigation expenditures. We cannot take any decisive action at this meeting. We can only provide
information and direction to the attorneys. Any decisions this Board makes concerning this case must be
done in a meeting open to the public.
Let's start 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 now reconvene in the public meeting.
4. After the public session has been re-opened:
The attorney-client session has been terminated, and we are now re-opening this public meeting.
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