10-01-19 Attorney-Client Litigation Strategy Session

Alachua County CommissionOn October 1, 2019, at 4 p.m., during the County Commission Special Meeting, the Commission Chair will announce the Board’s intention to hold a closed-to-the-public litigation strategy meeting in the case of Alachua County v. Sadie Darnell, in her official capacity as Sheriff of Alachua County, Florida, First District Court of Appeals case #1D18-3367. The Board will immediately thereafter conduct the closed-to-the-public attorney-client litigation strategy session concerning the litigation. The procedures applicable to this infrequently-used meeting procedure are governed by Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes. Based on that statutory section, and for the limited purpose specified there, attorney-client litigation strategy sessions are exempt from the Sunshine Law and can be closed to the public.

Following the closed-to-the-public attorney-client litigation session, the participants will return to the Special Meeting after which the Special Meeting will continue.

Only the following persons will attend the closed-to-the-public attorney-client litigation session:

  • Commissioner Charles S. Chestnut, IV, Chair
  • Commissioner Robert Hutchinson, Vice Chair 
  • Commissioner Mike Byerly 
  • Commissioner Ken Cornell 
  • Commissioner Marihelen Wheeler
  • Michele Lieberman, County Manager 
  • Sylvia Torres, County Attorney 
  • Bob Swain, Senior Assistant County Attorney
  • Certified Court Reporter


The entire attorney-client litigation strategy session will be recorded by a certified court reporter and the recording transcribed. Upon conclusion of the litigation, the transcript of the attorney-client litigation strategy session shall be made part of the public record.

For more information, contact the Alachua County Communications Office at 352-374-5204.

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