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MINUTES OF THE OCOEE CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL SESSION
HELD SEPTEMBER 1,1998
Mayor Vandergrift called the Special Session to order at 6:15 p.m. In the Commission
Chambers. The roll was called and a quorum declared present.
PRESENT: Mayor Vandergrift, Commissioners Anderson (Arrived at approximately 6:30
p.m. during closed session) Glass, Howell and Parker. Also present City Attorney
Rosenthal, City Manager Shapiro, Assistant City Attorney Doty and City Clerk
Grafton.
ABSENT: None
City Attorney Rosenthal read a prepared statement concerning the purpose of the meeting. He
said, "The City is currently a co-defendant with Orange County in an action brought by Paul and
Cindy Vees and other property owners regarding the Lake Johio Shores Drain Well. The case
has been filed in the Circuit Court for the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Orange County under case
No. CI98-3144. The City Staff has been in discussions with Orange County regarding potential
settlement proposals. As required by section 286.011 subsection 8 of Florida Statutes, I am
advising City Commission that I desire to have advice concerning this litigation and to discuss
with the City Commission in a closed session matters related to the settlement negotiations.
Florida Statutes provide a limited exception from the Sunshine Law for the city's attorneys to
meet in private with the City Commission to discuss pending litigation to which the City is a
party. As required by Florida Law reasonable notice of the closed session has been given which
identifies the time and date of the closed attorney-client session which I am requesting and the
names of the persons who will be attending. The entire session will be recorded by a certified
court reporter and no portion of the session may be off the record. The court reporter's notes will
be fully transcribed and filed with the City Clerk. At the conclusion of the litigation the
transcript of the meeting will become a public record. It is not permissible to leave the meeting
to consult with other persons regarding the subject matter of the meeting. Following the
conclusion of the closed session it will be necessary to meet in public to adjourn the meeting.
The agenda has been structured so as to allow for public action by the City Commission should
such action be necessary following the closed session."
Mayor Vandergrift announced the following: "The City Attorney has requested a closed
session with the City Commission to discuss settlement negotiations in the case described by the
City Attorney. The persons who will be attending the closed session are Mayor Vandergrift,
Commissioner Howell, Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Glass, Commissioner Parker,
City Manager Ellis Shapiro, City Attorney Rosenthal, Assistant City Attorney Mary Doty, and
no others. It is estimated that the closed attorney-client session will last forty-five minutes.
Following the conclusion of the attorney-client session, the meeting will be reopened in order to
announce the termination of the closed session and take such other action as the City
Commission may deem appropriate. The City Commission will now move into closed session."
OCOEE CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL SESSION
SEPTEMBER 1, 1998
Upon completion of the closed session, Commission returned to the commission chambers where
Mayor Vandergrift reconvened and adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.
APPROVED
Attest:
City ofOcoee
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