HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: George K. Wysong III, City Attorney `Al.it
DATE: March 23, 2017
RE: City Commission Meeting — March 23, 2017
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 3:00 p.m. regarding the matter of
Alexis Stevens v. City of Miami.
Case No. 15-23931
File No. 1987
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of March 9, 2017,
the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the March 23, 2017 City
Commission Meeting at 3:00 p.m.
"Under the parameters of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, a private
attorney -client session will be conducted at the March 23, 2017 Miami City Commission
meeting. The person chairing the City of Miami Commission meeting will announce the
commencement of an attorney -client session, closed to the public, for purposes of
discussing the pending litigation case of Alexis Stevens v. City of Miami, Case No. 15-
23931, pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida, to which the City is presently a party. The subject of the meeting will be
confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation
expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 3:00 p.m. (or as soon
thereafter as the Commissioners' schedules permit) and conclude approximately one
hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the City Commission:
Chairman Keon Hardemon, Vice -Chairman Ken Russell, and Commissioners Wifredo
"Willy" Gort, Frank Carollo, and Francis X. Suarez; the City Manager, Daniel J. Alfonso;
the City Attorney, Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorneys John A. Greco and Barnaby
L. Min; Division Chief for Labor and Employment Kevin R. Jones; and Assistant City
Attorneys Kerri L. Mcnulty, Stephanie K. Panoff and Barbara A. Diaz. A certified court
reporter will be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed and the transcript
will be made public upon the conclusion of the above -cited, ongoing litigation. at the
conclusion of the attorney -client session, the regular commission meeting will be
reopened and the person chairing the commission meeting will announce the
termination of the attorney -client session."
cc: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Anna Medina, Agenda Coordinator
VM/BLM/JAG