Commission Meeting July 13, 2021

Hurricanes Frances & Jeanne from September 2004

Can't believe this is till going on!

A. Request for Attorney-Client Session:

An item on the Agenda:

The City Attorney desires advice from the Lake Worth Beach City Commission concerning pending litigation, specifically regarding settlement negotiations and strategy related to litigation expenditures in the case of City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida v. Federal Emergency Management Agency and Peter T. Gaynor, in his official capacity, Case No. 19-cv-81140-SINGHAL and is requesting an attorney-client session to be scheduled for July 20, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. The estimated length of the attorney-client session will be approximately 45 minutes.

The session will be attended by the members of the City Commission Mayor Betty Resch; Vice Mayor Herman Robinson and Commissioners Sarah Malega, Christopher McVoy and Kimberly Stokes; Interim City Manager, Juan Ruiz; City Attorney, Glen J. Torcivia; and outside counsel Ernie Abbott and Michelle Zaltsberg. 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.

This involved hurricanes Frances and Jeanne.

There were several recommendations back then and the main one was #1: Disallow $6,998,095 of ineligible costs claimed for contracts that were not procured in accordance with Federal requirements unless FEMA decides to grant an exception for all or part of costs as provided for in 44 CFR 13.36(c), and determines the costs were reasonable (finding A).

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