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 y.k,Jtfr--720e-
DATE: February 12, 2026
RE: Joe Carollo v. City Of Miami, et al., case no. 2006-014464-CA-01, pending
in the Circuit Court Of The Eleventh Judicial Circuit In And For Miami -
Dade County Florida.
File No.: 18854
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the City Commission Meeting
of January 22, 2026, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the
February 12, 2026, City Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.
"Under the parameters of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, a private
attorney -client session will be conducted at the February 12, 2026, Miami City
Commission meeting. The person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce
the commencement of an attorney -client session, closed to the public, for purposes of
discussing the pending litigation in the matter of Joe Carollo v. City of Miami, et al.,
Case No. 2006-014464-CA-01, pending in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial
Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, 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 10:00
a.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, which include the Chairwoman Christine King, Commissioners Miguel
Angel Gabela, Damian Pardo, Rolando Escalona, and Ralph "Rafael" Rosado; City
Manager James Reyes; and Outside Counsel Fabian A. Ruiz. 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 City Commission meeting will be
reopened and the person presiding over the City Commission meeting will announce
the termination of the attorney -client session."
cc: James Reyes, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
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