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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: K2
2023-4494
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: County Attorney
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Anjelica N. Harden-Ivanoski
N/A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Attorney-Client Closed Session in the matter of Perla, Jennifer
Vidaure de Miller v. Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, 16th Judicial Circuit, Case No.
25-CA-821-K.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Monroe County is currently in litigation in the matter of Jennifer Vidaure de Miller Perla v. Monroe
County, Case No. 25-CA-821-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 - Request for a Closed Session, Agenda Item Q3
INSURANCE REQUIRED:
No
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Hold the Closed Session
DOCUMENTATION:
Closed Session Script-Day of Perla.docx
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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 and 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 ofPerla v. Monroe County BOCC, Case No.25-CA-821-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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