A special MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

march 5, 2020

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners met in a special closed session on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., in Conference Room 235, Lake County Administration Building, Tavares, Florida. Commissioners present at the meeting were: Leslie Campione, Chairman; Wendy Breeden, Vice Chairman; Timothy I. Sullivan; Sean Parks; and Josh Blake. Others present were: Jeff Cole, County Manager; Melanie Marsh, County Attorney; Diana Johnson, Deputy County Attorney; and Kathleen Bregel, Deputy Clerk.

closed session

The Chairman called the meeting to order.

Ms. Marsh reported that she had asked for this closed session as authorized by Florida Statutes 286.011 to discuss pending litigation against the County. She noted that once the closed session started, it would be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions relating to litigation and its expenditures. She added that a court reporter would record the entire session, from when they began to when they ended, and would include all discussions in the proceedings, including the names of all persons present at any time and whoever spoke. She elaborated that none of the session could be off the record. She commented that the court reporter’s notes would be transcribed and that when the litigation was concluded, they would be made public. She explained that at the beginning of the session the entity was required to give notice of who would be there, that staff was required to advertise the closed session, and that she had a copy of that advertisement in her possession. She reported that the advertisement ran on February 28, 2020 in the Daily Commercial. She stated that the persons at the meeting would include the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, Mr. Jeff Cole, County Manager, Ms. Diana Johnson, Deputy County Attorney, and herself. She anticipated that they could spend up to an hour in this closed session. She indicated that they were ready to begin, asked for the recording to be turned off, and for the Deputy Clerk to step out of the meeting.

RECESS AND REASSEMBLY

At 2:34 p.m. the Chairman announced that the Closed Session had ended.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to be brought to the attention of the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 2:34 p.m.

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leslie campione, chairman

ATTEST:

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GARY J COONEY, CLERK