HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 1970-450 Authorizing Village Manager to Employ the Law Firm of Nelson, Gildan, & YeagerRESOLUTION NO, 450-70
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EMPLOY
THE LAW FIRM OF NASON, GILDAN & YAEGER, P.A. TO REPRESENT THE
DEFENDANTS IN THE CAUSE ENTITLED "LOST TREE VILLAGE CORPORATION
VS. VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ET
AL." AND SETTING FORTH PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF FEES AND COSTS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, Lost Tree Village Corporation, a Florida
Corporation, has sued the Mayor, Vice -Mayor, Members of the Village
Council, the Village Manager and the Village Clerk, and
WHEREAS, said law suit seeks a judgment against the
defendants and other relief, and
WHEREAS, because of the above styled law suit and for
the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and property,
immediate legal action must be taken to properly safeguard the
rights of the citizens of the Village of North Palm Beach, to
insure the proper defenses of the above styled cause, and to in-
sure the legality of the Council's acts and the acts of the
Village Manager and Village Clerk in performing their prescribed
duties, it is imperative that legal counsel be retained,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Village Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to employ the law firm of NASON, GILDAN & YAEGER, P.A.
as legal counsel to represent the defendants in a cause entitled
"Lost Tree Village Corporation vs. Village of North Palm Beach,
a municipal corporation, et al., Case No. 70 C 1147-Knott, in the
Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and
for Palm Beach County, Civil Action" or such additional counsel
as may be needed to adequately and fully defend the legal rights
of the defendants. The Village Manager is further directed to
establish budgetary reserves for the cost of defending said law
suit and to pay all reasonable and necessary costs incurred by
the Village of North Palm Beach in connection therewith.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 9TH DAY OF APRIL, 1970.
ATTEST:
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk
/s/ Herbert A. Watt
PRESIDENT PRO TEM
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