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ITEM 1.
County Attorney - Administrative Agenda

AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:December  18, 2018 
DEPARTMENT:County Attorney
REQUESTER:Richard Wm. Wesch 
TITLE:Schedule Attorney/Client Session Regarding Kirby Rambo Collection, Inc. v. Lee County 

I.MOTION REQUESTED
 Schedule Attorney/Client Closed Session on March 5, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. regarding Kirby Rambo Collections, Inc. v. Lee County 2:18-cv-180JES-CM for the purpose of discussing settlement negotiations or strategy session related to ongoing litigation.
II.ITEM SUMMARY
 Provides for an attorney/client closed session on March 5, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss settlement negotiations or strategy session related to litigation in the case of Kirby Rambo Collection, Inc. v. Lee County 2:18-cv-180JES-CM. The opening of the public meeting will convene in the County Commission Chambers, and will adjourn to the closed session in the East Room. Upon conclusion of the closed session, the public meeting will reconvene in the County Commission Chambers.
III.BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION
 A)Board Action and Other History
  
 B)Policy Issues
  
 C)BoCC Goals
  
 D)Analysis
  On March 19, 2018, Joseph Coleman, Esquire filed a complaint on behalf of his client, Kirby Rambo Collections, Inc., against Lee County Case No. 2:18-cv-180JES-CM suing for copyright infringement, replevin, and unjust enrichment. Lee County is in active litigation concerning the claims regarding the County-owned vehicle. The Board requested the attorney/client closed session to discuss settlement negotiations or strategy related to litigation in the case.

The opening of the public meeting will convene in the County Commission Chambers, and will adjourn to the closed session in the East Room. Upon conclusion of the closed session, the public meeting will reconvene in the County Commission Chambers.

The following individuals will be in attendance at this Attorney/Client Executive Session:

County Commissioners:
John E. Manning
Cecil L. Pendergrass
Larry Kiker
Brian Hamman
Frank Mann

Attorneys:
Richard Wm. Wesch
Andrea R. Fraser
Mark A. Trank
Richard E. Fee

County Manager:
Roger Desjarlais

The Closed Session of the meeting will be transcribed by Jackie Burrell of the court reporting firm of Fort Myers Court Reporting.
 E)Options
  
IV.FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
 A)Current year dollar amount of item:
No funding required.
 B)Is this item approved in the current budget?N/A
 C)Is this a revenue or expense item?N/A
 D)Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?N/A   
 E)Will this item impact future budgets?
If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
No
 F)Fund:
Program:
Project:
Account Strings:  
 G) Fund Type?N/A   
 H)Comments:
 
V.RECOMMENDATION
 Approve  
VI.TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION
 
VII.FOLLOW UP
 
REVIEWERS:
DepartmentReviewerActionDate
County Attorney Wesch, Richard Wm. Approved11/27/2018 - 4:54 PM
Budget ServicesGuttery, AngelaApproved11/28/2018 - 11:41 AM
Budget ServicesWinton, PeterApproved11/28/2018 - 12:51 PM
County AttorneyWesch, Richard Wm. Approved11/28/2018 - 1:17 PM
County ManagerWinton, PeterApproved11/29/2018 - 8:55 AM