Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Request for an Attorney/Client Session with the City Council to Discuss Disposition of Funds from Opioid Litigation
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Submitted By: James D. Stokes, City Attorney
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Mission to be financially responsible.
Executive Summary (General Business): An Executive Session for Litigation is requested by the City Attorney in the matter of City of Port St. Lucie v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et. al, Case No. 19-CV-14207 (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida), filed on June 14, 2019 (attached).
Presentation Information: City Attorney is available as needed to discuss.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the request.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the request.
2. Move that the Council not approve the request and provide staff with direction.
Background: Pursuant to Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, any board or commission of any state agency or authority or any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision, and the chief administrative or executive officer of the governmental entity, may meet in private with the entity's attorney to discuss pending litigation to which the entity is presently a party before a court or administrative agency, provided that the following conditions are met:
(a) The entity's attorney shall advise the entity at a public meeting that he or she desires advice concerning the litigation;
(b) The subject matter of the meeting shall be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures;
(c) The entire session shall be recorded by a certified court reporter. The reporter shall record the times of commencement and termination of the session, all discussion and proceedings, the names of all persons present at any time, and the names of all persons speaking. No portion of the sessio...
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