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Private Attorney-Client Session Concerning the Following Cases: Polk Regional Water Cooperative v. John Beck, et. al., Case No. 2023-CA-004769 (Tenth Judicial Circuit Court - Polk County, Florida); and, Rolling Meadows Ranch Groves, LLC v. Polk Regional Water Cooperative, Case No. 6D23-4325 (Florida 6th District Court of Appeal).
The Cooperatives attorney has requested that the Board hold a private attorney-client session at the end of the Southeast Wellfield Project Board of Directors meeting scheduled for July 24, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. The Board will convene the Regular meeting at 2:00 P.M. and, at the conclusion of the Southeast Board of Directors meeting, recess to the private session. At the conclusion of the private session the Chairman will re-open the Southeast Board of Directors meeting, announce termination of the private session, and adjourn the Southeast Board of Directors meeting and the Regular Meeting.
When recessing the Southeast Board of Directors meeting to the private session the Chairman will announce the following:
The Board is commencing a private attorney-client session, as authorized by Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes to discuss pending litigation and to seek advice from the Board. The estimated length of the session is one hour. The names of the persons attending the session are members of the Southeast Wellfield Project Board of Directors (or alternates) including Chairman Nathaniel Birdsong (Winter Haven), Vice-Chairman Keith Cowie (Auburndale) Trish Pfeiffer (Bartow), Brynn Summerlin (Davenport), Bert Goddard (Dundee), Randy Billings (Eagle Lake), Morris West (Haines City), Mac Fuller (Lake Alfred), Mike Kehoe (Lake Hamilton), Bill Mutz (Lakeland), George Lindsey (Polk County), as well as Executive Director Eric DeHaven, General Counsel Ed de la Parte, Attorney Nick Porter, Attorney Deborah Ruster, and Attorney Shelton Rice.
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