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Home My WebLink About12-19-87 SS MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COMMISSION HELD ON DECEMBER 19, 1987 . The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ison at 5:50 p.m.. PRESENT: Mayor Ison, Commissioners Johnson, Dabbs, Bateman and Hager, City Manager Ryan, and Deputy Clerk Resnik. APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY For the record, Mayor Ison noted that Will Wellons from the Orlando Sentinel was present. e Mayor Ison stated that the City had several legal obstacles facing them and due to the resignation of Frank Kruppenbacher and the firm of Swann & Haddock, he felt they needed to hire an interim City Attorney until a replacement can be found. One of the maJor items facing the City now was the closing on the acquisition of Prima Vista Utilities. There were several items that would be needed due to the acquisition. Mayor Ison stated that he had met with Frank Kruppenbacher on Friday and Mr. Kruppenbacher advised that interim counsel was important. City Manager Ryan explained that there possibly could be a problem with Carriage Oaks as they were threatening to sue the City over not being able to get Certificate of Occupancies. He had been able to handle so far but that may not always be the case. Mayor Ison stated that he and City Manager Ryan had met with Egerton van den Berg of the firm of Foley, Larner, van den Berg, Gay, Burke, Wilson and Arkin. They were a firm of 30 lawyers located at 111 N. Orange Ave., Orlando. Mr. van den Berg said he had no conflicts with anyone except Heller Brothers and they would do as the previous attorney had done and step aside if there was a conflict. Mayor Ison felt they would be a good firm and they would be willing to start next week. He then asked for discussion. Commissionel~ Bateman asked what the fees would be and Mayor Ison said their fees were standard and ranged from $65/hour at the lowest to $125/hour for the highest. Commissioner Bateman also expressed concern over switching some of the cold business especially at the higher rate. Mayor Ison asked Commissioner Bateman to get with Ted on the specific matters he wanted transferred. Commissioner Dabbs agreed that we needed repl~eserltat ion but emphasi zed that II i nterim" was a good way to put it. Commissioner Bateman moved to approve the law firm of Mr. van den Berg to serve as the interim attorney, Commissioner Hager seconded and the motion carried unarlimously. ATTEST: p.rn.. d-fLJ2. ~ -----~~-------------------- Meeting adJourned at 6:15 MAYOR - ------------------- CITY CLERK 1