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TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING/ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVATE SESSION
SESSION 1
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1: 30 P.M.
Mayor Harold R. Hagelmann called the Special Meeting, preceding the Robert Devito
v. Town of Highland Beach Attorney Client Private Session, to order in Commissioner
Chambers at 1:30 P.M.
Town Clerk Doris Trinley called the roll. The Mayor, Vice Mayor Joseph J. Asselta, and
Commissioners Rachael Scala-Pistone, Miriam S. Zwick and Jim Newill, CPA, were
present.
Town Attorney Thomas E. Sliney, Attorney Larry Corman, Insurance Attorney George
P. Roberts, Jr., and Town Manager Dale S. Sugerman were also present.
Attorney Sliney advised that per FS 286.011(8), the Attorney-Client Private Session to
follow was for strategy and negotiation purposes only; no action would be taken. Mr.
Sliney further advised that the required legal ads for this Session 1, as well as Neil
Maiorino v. Town of Highland Beach. Session 2, were published on November 16.
(copies attached to and made part of these Minutes) For the record, Attorney Sliney
estimated that Session 1 would last approximately 1-1/2 hours, and named those who
would be in attendance:
Mayor Harold R. Hagelmann
Vice Mayor Joseph J. Asselta
Commissioner Rachael Scala-Pistone
Commissioner Miriam S. Zwick
Commissioner Jim Newill, CPA
Town Attorney Thomas E. Sliney
Attorney Larry Corman
Insurance Attorney George P. Roberts, Jr.
Town Manager Dale S. Sugerman
Court Reporter Charlotte Orcutt, RPR
Mayor Hagelmann then recessed the Special Meeting at 1:35 P.M., and the Town Clerk
was excused.
At the conclusion of the Attorney-Client Private Session 1 at 2:35 P.M., the Town Clerk
• returned to Chambers; Mayor Hagelmann reconvened the Special Meeting, and
immediately adjourned same.
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THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN Off' HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA
NOTICE O~ A7TORNEY~CLIENT PRIVATE SESSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2~, ~OOG, 1:30 P.M.'
SESSION 1
THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND
BEAGH, FLORIDA WILL MEET IN AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRI-
VATE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 28f.011(8),
FLORIDA STATUTES, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, AT 1:30
P.M., IN TOWN COMMISSION CHAMBERS, 3614 S. OCEAN
BOULEVARD, HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA 33487.
1-HE PURPOSE OF THE PRIVATE SESSION IS FOR THE
TOWN COMMISSION AND COUNSEL TO DISCUSS SETTLE-
MENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY RELATED TO THE LIT-
IGATION EXPENSES IN TWE CASE OF ROBERT DEVITO V.
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, GASE NO.
50200FCAOQ9946XXXXMB, AND NOTICE OF CLAIMS DATED
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006. THE ENTIRE SESSION WILL BE
RECORDED BY A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER.
1-HE FOLLOWING PERSONS WILL ATTEND THE ATTORNEY-
CLIENT PRIVATE SESSION: TOWN COMMISSION MEMBERS
HAROLD R. HAGELMANN, MAYOR; JOSEPH J. ASSELTA,
VICE MAYOR; RACHAEL SCALA-PISTONE, COMMISSIONER;
MIRIAM ZWICK, COMMISSIONER; JIM NEWILL, COMMIS-
SIONER; DALE S. SUGERMAN, TOWN MANAGER; THOMAS
E. SLINEY, ESQ.; LARRY CORMAN, ESQ.; AND GEORGE P.
ROBERTS, ESQ.
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVATE
SESSION, A SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE CONVENED TO
REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRI-
VATE SESSION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ATTORNEY-
CLIENTMEETING, THE SPECIAL MEETING WILD BE RECON-
VENED AND THE MAYOR WILL ANNOUNCE THE TERMINA-
TION OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT MEETING.
AUTHORITY: SECTION 286.011(8)
PUBLISH: BOCA NEWS
November 1 G, 2006
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