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Enactment Number: R-26-0310
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 19334 File Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
Revision: Controlling Body: City Commission
File Name: Settlement - Joe Carollo v COM Introduced: 5/18/2026
Requesting Dept: Outside Counsel Final Action Date: 7/9/2026
Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEE
OF THE ELECTED OFFICERS' RETIREMENT TRUST ("EORT") AND/OR THE CITY'S
EXCESS BENEFITS PLAN ("EBP"), TO PAY JOSEPH X. CAROLLO, UPON THIRTY
(30) DAYS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPROVES
THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, SEVEN -HUNDRED -SEVENTY -THOUSAND -
DOLLARS ($770,000.00), INCLUSIVE OF ALL FEES AND COSTS, WITH CAROLLO
RETAINING THE RIGHT TO DEFEND AGAINST ANY ACTION BY THE CITY TO
RECOVER FEES OR COSTS PURSUANT TO FLA. STAT. §111.07, NOT TO SEEK
DAMAGES BUT TO DEFEND THE ACTION SO AS NOT TO BE DEEMED RELEASED,
IN EXCHANGE FOR CAROLLO ENTERING INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT,
WHICH CONTAINS A FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ANY AND ALL
CLAIMS AND DEMANDS BY HIM, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES,
AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND ANY OF ITS DEPARTMENTS, ELECTED
OFFICIALS, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR EMPLOYEES, AND DISMISSAL WITH
PREJUDICE OF THE CASE OF JOE CAROLLO VS. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 06-
014464-CA-01, PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA (THE "PENSION
LITIGATION"); ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE EORT AND/OR THE EBP AND/OR
OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS.
Notes: Pursuant to the resolution, this item became effective immediately upon adoption by the
Commission.
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History of Legislative File:
Revision: Acting Body: Date: Action: Result:
Outside Counsel 5/18/2026 Approved Form and Completed
Correctness
City Commission 5/28/2026 Meeting Completed
City Commission 5/28/2026 DEFERRED Passed
City Commission 6/11/2026 Meeting Completed
City Commission 6/11/2026 DEFERRED Passed
City Commission 6/25/2026 Meeting Completed
City Commission 6/25/2026 DEFERRED Passed
City Commission 7/9/2026 Meeting Completed
City Commission 7/9/2026 ADOPTED Passed
City Clerk's Office 7/9/2026 Rendered Completed
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