October 29, 2019
9:30am
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BOARD MEETING
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
ADDITIONS,
DELETIONS, & SUBSTITUTIONS
OCTOBER 29, 2019
PAGE ITEM
2 3B-1 ADD-ON: Staff recommends motion granting County Attorney’s
request: (1) to schedule a private meeting for an
attorney-client session between the Board of County Commissioners, the County
Administrator, the County Attorney, certain assistant county attorneys, and
outside counsel pursuant to Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes to discuss
settlement strategy of pending litigation in which Palm Beach County is
presently a party: In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, case
number: MDL 2804 (N.D. Ohio) and Palm Beach County v. Purdue Pharma, et al.,
case number: 1:18-op-46121-DAP (N.D. Ohio); and (2) to give public notice of a
private meeting for an attorney-client session, which will be held at 12:00
p.m. on November 5, 2019, in the Thomas McEaddy
Conference Room, 301 North Olive Avenue, 12th Floor, West Palm Beach, Florida,
and placing further notice of the private meeting on the Agenda of the Board of
County Commissioners for its meeting. The following persons will attend the
meeting with the members of the Board of County Commissioners who are present
at that time: Verdenia Baker, County Administrator; Denise M. Nieman,
County Attorney; David Ottey, Chief Assistant County Attorney; Kim Phan,
Assistant County Attorney; James L. Ferraro, outside counsel; Paul Napoli,
outside counsel; and Janpaul Portal, outside
counsel. SUMMARY: The Board will discuss settlement
strategy. Countywide (DO)
NOTE: Items that were revised, added, deleted, or
backup submitted and were not listed on the addition/deletion sheet distributed
to the Board the prior day are noted with an asterisk (*).
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 29, 2019
TUESDAY COMMISSION CHAMBERS
9:30 A.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER
A. Roll Call
B. Invocation
C. Pledge of Allegiance
2. AGENDA APPROVAL
A. Additions, Deletions, Substitutions
B. Adoption
3. REGULAR AGENDA (Page 2)
A. 9:30 A.M. South County Administrative Complex Master Plan/Redevelopment (FDO)
B. 10:30 A.M. Strategic Planning Cross Department Team Presentations Part 1 (Budget)
C. 2:00 P.M. Strategic Planning Cross Department Team Presentations Part 2 (Budget)
D. 3:00 P.M.
5. ADJOURNMENT
OCTOBER 29, 2019
A. CLERK AND COMPTROLLER
1. Staff recommends motion to receive
and file: Warrant List – Backup information can be viewed in the Clerk &
Comptroller’s Office.
2. Staff recommends
motion to approve: Contracts (regular) and claim settlements
list as submitted by various departments to the Clerk & Comptroller=s
Office. Countywide
B. COUNTY ATTORNEY
1. Staff
recommends motion granting County Attorney’s request: (1) to schedule a private meeting for an
attorney-client session between the Board of County Commissioners, the County
Administrator, the County Attorney, certain assistant county attorneys, and
outside counsel pursuant to Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes to discuss
settlement strategy of pending litigation in which Palm Beach County is
presently a party: In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, case
number: MDL 2804 (N.D. Ohio) and Palm Beach County v. Purdue Pharma, et al.,
case number: 1:18-op-46121-DAP (N.D. Ohio); and (2) to give public notice of a
private meeting for an attorney-client session, which will be held at 12:00
p.m. on November 5, 2019, in the Thomas McEaddy
Conference Room, 301 North Olive Avenue, 12th Floor, West Palm Beach, Florida,
and placing further notice of the private meeting on the Agenda of the Board of
County Commissioners for its meeting. The following persons will attend the
meeting with the members of the Board of County Commissioners who are present
at that time: Verdenia Baker, County Administrator; Denise M. Nieman,
County Attorney; David Ottey, Chief Assistant County Attorney; Kim Phan,
Assistant County Attorney; James L. Ferraro, outside counsel; Paul Napoli,
outside counsel; and Janpaul Portal, outside
counsel. SUMMARY: The Board will discuss settlement
strategy. Countywide (DO)
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