1999.11.23_TC_Minutes_SpecialTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 9:30 A.M.
Mayor Thomas J. Reid called the Special Meeting to order in
Commission Chambers at 9:30 A.M., announcing its purpose was for
the Town Attorney to address the Commission regarding the Mariano
v. Town of Highland Beach litigation.
The Mayor, Vice Mayor Michael W. Hill and Commissioners John J.
Sorrelli and Paul R. Kane were present. Commissioner Robert L.
Lowe was absent.
Town Attorney Thomas E. Sliney was also present; Town Manager Ben
Saag was absent. There were no members of the general public
present.
The Mayor deferred to Attorney Sliney, who advised that he sought
the recommendations of the Commission regarding the Mariano v.
Town of Highland Beach litigation, and that he desired to hold an
• Attorney-Client Private Session during which settlement
negotiation and strategy regarding same could be discussed.
Mr. Sliney noted that the session is scheduled for Monday,
November 29, 1999 at 4:30 P.M.; the date and time so decided in
order that all members of the Commission and Town Manager Ben
Saag could be in attendance.
Mr. Sliney further noted that he would be present also, as would
Larry Corman, Esq., Michael T. Burke, Esq. and Erin Gill, Esq.
Advising that per State Statute 286.011(8) only Members of the
the Commission, Town Manager, and the Attorneys so noted for the
record today would be present, Mr. Sliney said once the Mayor
opened the meeting and roll was called, the clerk would be
excused and a certified court reporter would then record the
entire session, the transcript of which would become public
record once the litigation was settled.
There being no further business to come before the Commission at
this time, Mayor Reid adjourned the Special Meeting at 10:00
A.M., upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER KANE/VICE MAYOR HILL.
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• Minutes of Town Commission Special Meeting
November 23, 1999 Page 2 of 2
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Thomas J, Reid, Mayor
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Robert L "Lowe. Commissioner
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