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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION
OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
AUGUST 25, 2009
INTRODUCTION
An Executive Session of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held on
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 5:00 p. m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, with the
following members present:
Mayor Mike Anderson
Councilmen: Mike Holmes, Virgil Miller, Dennis Reeves, Bill Garvie, and Bobby Nabors
Absent: Bill Patterson and Dick Rynearson
Also Present: Robert Mearns, City Manager; and Darren Schwartz, Insurance Defense
Counsel
CALL TO ORDER
The Mayor called the meeting to order.
Pursuant to Section 286.011( 8) Florida Statutes, and other considerations, the City
Attorney requested that Council adjourn to an Attorney -Client Executive Session so that
the Insurance Defense Counsel may receive the City Council' s advice concerning the
following litigations:
Barber Construction Company, Inc., a Georgia Corporation v. City of Fort Walton
Beach, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Circuit Court Case No. 09 -CA-
3822.
The transcript of the Executive Session will be made a part of the public record upon the
conclusion of the above referenced litigations.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The public meeting was recessed to convene the Attorney -Client Executive Session of
the Fort Walton Beach City Council, as noticed in the Northwest Florida Daily News on
August 2, 2009, regarding the following:
Barber Construction Company, Inc., a Georgia Corporation v. City of Fort Walton
Beach, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Circuit Court Case No. 09 -CA-
3822.
RECONVENE
The Executive Session was concluded and the public meeting was reconvened at 5:20
p. m.
Mr. Reeves moved to authorize the City Manager and Insurance Defense Counsel
to negotiate settlement with Barber Construction and to initiate process to obtain
easements from property owners affected by the Alabama Avenue easement. Mr.
Nabors seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves,
Garvie, and Nabors in favor (Patterson and Rynearson absent).
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ADJOURNMENT
Being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5: 20 p. m.
ATT ST:
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CITY CLERK
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