HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-24-2005 VC REG-MPresent:
ROLL CALL
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION
VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 24, 2005
Donald G. Noel, Mayor
Dr. Edward M. Eissey, Vice Mayor
Charles R. O'Meilia, President Pro Tem
David B. Norris, Councilman
Robert F. Rennebaum, Councilman
Mark Bates, Village Manager
George W. Baldwin, Village Attorney
Melissa Teal, CMC, Village Clerk
Mayor Noel called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. All members of Council were present. All
members of staff were present.
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilman Rennebaum gave the invocation, and Councilman Norris led the public in the
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Mayor Noel commended Dr. Joan Aubrey, Village Historian for her efforts in obtaining $2,000
in Exxon -Mobil grants and private contributions for furniture, equipment and supplies to
facilitate preservation of historical records.
Mayor Noel presented certificates to the following recently retired employees in recognition of
their years of service to the Village:
Gurlester Belk, Public Services
Robert L. Clark, Public Services
Vincent DeStefanis, Country Club
Betty Juliano, Finance
Shaukat Khan, Finance
Nancy Moore, Library
Patricia Sohar, Finance
Elvi Wright, Library
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The following minutes were approved:
Minutes of Public Hearing (Bill 1165) held 2/10/05
Minutes of Regular Session held 2/10/05
MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION HELD FEBRUARY 24, 2005
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. William Manual, 112 Yacht Club Drive, presented a petition concerning John Scott, Head
Golf Professional at the North Palm Beach Country Club
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OUASI JUDICIAL MATTERS
In conjunction with Village Attorney George Baldwin, Litigation Counsel Alfred Bell and
Kenneth Carman requested a private Attorney -Client session with the Village Council regarding
litigation styled Christine A. Casamento vs. Village of North Palm Beach.
Mayor Noel announced that the Village Council would recess at this time for the purpose of
convening a private Attorney -Client Session with an estimate length of ten minutes to discuss
pending litigation styled Christine A. Casamento vs. Village of North Palm Beach. Mayor Noel
announced all persons who would be in attendance at the Session.
RECESS
Mayor Noel recessed the Regular Session at 7:54 p.m. The Regular Session reconvened at 8:12 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING
Mayor Noel called for a Public Hearing in regards to a proposed settlement by the Village of
North Palm Beach in the lawsuit styled Christine A, Casamento vs. Village of North Palm
Beach, Case No: 50 2003 CA 013523 XXONAO. There were no comments from the public.
RESOLUTION 16-2005 ADOPTED — APPROVING LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
Mayor Noel advised that Counsel for the Village recommended a settlement in the amount of
$25,000. By consensus, the amount of $25,000 was entered into Resolution 16-2005.
Councilman Rennebaum moved that Resolution 16-2005 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN AN AMOUNT OF $25,000
IN THAT CERTAIN LAWSUIT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, CASE NO.
502003CA013523 XXONAO WHEREIN CHRISTINE A. CASAMENTO, IS PLAINTIFF
AND VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, IS DEFENDANT; AND, PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
be adopted. Councilman Norris seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION 17-2005 ADOPTED — AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING ASSISTANCE ON PUBLIC SAFETY NORTH SUBSTATION
President Pro Tem O'Meilia moved that Resolution 17-2005 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA,
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION TO APPLY FOR
FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AND CONSTRUCT A PERMANENT PUBLIC
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SAFETY SUBSTATION THROUGH THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS IN
THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
be adopted. Councilman Norris seconded the motion.
During discussion, Chief Knight advised that the estimate for the substation has been revised to
$1,832,000, for which Federal funding in the amount of $916,000 is being requested. Thereafter,
the motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION 18-2005 ADOPTED — LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ISSUES
President Pro Tem O'Meilia moved that Resolution 18-2005 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO
SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING GROWTH MANAGEMENT ISSUES DURING THE 2005
LEGISLATIVE SESSION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
be adopted. Vice Mayor Eissey seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION 19-2005 ADOPTED — APPOINTING VILLAGE MANAGER AS 1ST
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO NORTHLAKE BLVD. CORRIDOR TASK FORCE
Councilman Rennebaum moved that Resolution 19-2005 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, APPOINTING A FIRST ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD CORRIDOR TASK FORCE; AND, PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
be adopted. President Pro Tem O'Meilia seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
VILLAGE MANAGER MATTERS/REPORTS
Mr. Bates reported on the Country Club Annual Member/Guest Tournament.
Mr. Bates discussed the concept of changing the Tennis Administration at the Country Club by
bringing the position of Tennis Director under the Village Administration hiring process by
creating an employee position for Tennis Director. The Council requested an analysis of the
costs and benefits of changing the position, and input from the Country Club Advisory Board.
Discussion took place concerning changing the other contracted positions at the Country Club to
Village employee positions. This issue will be brought back to the next Workshop.
Mr. Bates advised that the Federation of Public Employees has requested a negotiating session
with the Village. Mr. Bates requested that Council meet in Executive Session to consider
strategy for collective bargaining. The Clerk was directed to poll the Council regarding a
meeting date for the Executive Session.
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Mr. Bates gave an update on the following issues:
FEMA Hurricane claims
Village Annual Audit Progress
Waterways Board
Prosperity Farms Road bid opening on March 1, 2005
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY BOARDS
Minutes of General Employees Pension Board Meeting held 1/19/05
Minutes of Audit Committee Meeting held 1/24/05
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 8:52 p.m.
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Melissa Teal, CMC
Village Clerk
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2 CHRISTINE CASAMENTO
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4 VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH
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7 Village of North Palm Beach, Florida
8 February 24, 2005
9 7:30 o'clock P.M.
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11 APPEARANCES:
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KENNETH P. CARMAN, ESQ.
13 ALFRED R. BELL, ESQ.
ED EISSEY, COUNCILMAN
14 ROB RENNEBAUM, COUNCILMAN
CHARLES O'MEILIA, COUNCILMAN
15 DONALD NOEL, COUNCILMAN
MARK BATES, COUNCILMAN
16 DAVIS NORRIS, ESQ, COUNCILMAN
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22 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
23 FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT
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1 Thereupon:
2 The following proceedings were had:
3 MR. BELL: Gentlemen, in the case of
4 Christine Casamento versus the Village of North
5 Palm Beach, the third party claims administrator
6 and the attorneys have reached a proposed
7 settlement of which I need your advice and
8 guidance.
9 This matter arises from a woman who was
10 roller blading in the streets or on the sidewalks
11 of North Palm Beach back in February of 2001.
12 There was a difference in the elevation of the
13 sidewalk out by a tree on Lighthouse Drive right
14 at the outskirts of the border of the Village and
15 Palm Beach Gardens.
16 In fact, one of the problems that came to
17 light was that the Village had been operating
18 under the assumption that it was indeed part of
19 Palm Beach Gardens for approximately 20 years
20 because Palm Beach Gardens had been mowing that
21 area.
22 There was a ficus tree there, as you may
23 know, and that had caused a lifting of the
24 sidewalk.
25 The Village has a duty to maintain the
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1 sidewalks within the Village and had done so over
2 the years past, including grinding down various
3 problems that came to light.
4 In the present case this particular young
5 lady was roller blading one evening with a
6 companion. She slowed down when she saw some sand
7 and leaves and tripped and fell, fracturing her
8 right patella which is the kneecap.
9 She underwent some treatment. For about six
10 to eight weeks she was in a brace and then she had
11 physical therapy and she continued to have
12 problems.
13 As far as her damages go, her medical
14 expenses are roughly $5,000 and are expected to
15 increase over the course of time according to her
16 doctors.
17 We had hoped that we would have an orthopedic
18 surgeon give us a positive opinion that her
19 fracture healed and that she was fine. However,
20 the orthopedic surgeon who has done many of these
21 types of examinations found that she had symptoms
22 and issues consistent with chondromalacia of the
23 patella and that she would continue to have
24 problems over the course of time.
25 This young woman is very attractive. She's
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1 gained some weight since the time of the incident.
2 She's in her late 20's. She has a young daughter
3 and she was recently married.
4 One of the things in this case that is
5 important is the length of time which she's
6 expected to live because that's something that a
7 jury could -- combined with her prior level of
8 activity, lack of any history, and present
9 problems which our doctor really can't refute,
10 could be a significant -- lead to a significant
11 verdict from the jury.
12 In fact, I wouldn't be surprised by something
13 in the range of $75,000.
14 Now, at the same time this young lady wasn't
15 wearing knee pads which a jury will no doubt take
16 into account.
17 The other issue with regard to liability is
18 that the deposition of George Santos was taken in
19 this case. Mr. Santos is in charge of the crew
20 which goes out and maintains the sidewalk in
21 various ways, including taking care of problems
22 like this, and did indeed repair the sidewalk
23 after this particular incident took place.
24 He said that he felt the sidewalk was
25 dangerous, it should have been barricaded, and it
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1 should have been repaired, and that negative bit
2 of testimony in my opinion will make it virtually
3 impossible for us to get a straight defense
4 verdict in this case.
5 One of the things that exists is the
6 plaintiff has offered to settle this case for
7 $25,000 and that is the number that we're
8 recommending here.
9 The $25,000 proposal, in the event the
10 plaintiff were to receive a verdict of $31,250,
11 would entitle them to their attorney's fees which
12 I would estimate in excess of $20,000.
13 In order to prosecute this case through trial
14 I would estimate the defense costs to be in the
15 neighborhood of $14,000, about $4,000 in costs
16 associated with trial, in addition to legal fees.
17 We had filed a proposal for settlement last fall
18 in the amount of $10,000.
19 Based upon her economic damages of just the
20 medical bills combined with the fact that I
21 believe we're going to have liability in some
22 fashion, I think that it's likely that plaintiffn
23 will be able to beat our proposal for verdict.
24 Accordingly we'll be responsible for her
25 costs and again the $31,000 which would provide a
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1 basis for them to receive attorney's fees.
2 Her doctor has opined that she will need
3 additional injections, she's had some injections
4 into her knee, and perhaps arthroscopic surgery at
5 some time during her life, which again the jury
6 could take into account in awarding her future
7 medical expenses.
8 One of the things that we need to be aware of
9 is that if a jury awarded her only 15 cents an
10 hour, and plaintiff's attorneys have a way of
11 couching things in a cup of coffee per hour or
12 dollar an hour or some period of time, and over
13 the next 50 years of her life, and that 50 years
14 is on the light side because she probably will
15 live a little longer than that and we say that
16 she's 50 percent responsible for her knee fracture
17 and the resulting injuries, the plaintiff's
18 attorney would beat their proposal for settlement.
19 So, that's essentially what the case is about
20 and the reasons for the recommendations which
21 we're making to the Village.
22 Questions from the council?
23 MR. EISSEY: The total amount that you are
24 requesting that we consider is 31,000?
25 MR. BELL: 25,000.
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MR. EISSEY: 25,000. And no additional costs
will be forthcoming if we settle for that?
MR. BELL: Right. There would be no
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the plaintiffs in this case. It would be
inclusive of any claims that they would have
forever.
MR. EISSEY: Thank you.
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litigation for things like experts and filing fees
and such.
MR. EISSEY: Okay.
14 MR. NOEL: Any other questions?
15 MR. NORRIS: David Norris. If we agree to
16 it, do we have coverage or something on this or
17 does this come out of our pocket?
18 MR. CARMAN: Yes. I'd like to answer that
19 question, if I could.
20 The City is a member of a self -insured pool
21 by the name of SIRMA and the City pays, for lack
22 of a better term, a premium based upon assessments
23 that are levied pursuant to a formula on a yearly
24 basis.
25 It's not the City that would be paying. It's
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1 the self -insured pool, SIRMA, that would be paying
2 on behalf of the City. So, this is not City
3 funds that we're talking about. It's in essence,
4 for lack of a better term, self -insured funds out
5 of the pool.
6 MR. NORRIS: What kind of fees have we
7 already incurred or will we incur?
8 MR. CARMAN: Jib, you've been working the
9 file. I don't know what the fees are.
10 MR. BELL: I couldn't tell you what the total
11 fees are at this point.
12 The issues which have recently sort of
13 changed are with regard to the orthopedic
14 examination that we had done where he finds that
15 there is chondromalacia of the patella and every
16 time he starts to move away from it, he keeps
17 coming back in his point.
18 Another issue is Mr. Santos. It appeared
19 initially we would be in a position to say if it's
20 so big that it's a problem, you should have seen
21 it or if it was so small, it wasn't so dangerous.
22 Take your pick.
23 MR NORRIS: I understand that. I was just
24 wondering if we agree to this, the 25,000, what
25 are the other fees and costs that we've already
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1 incurred?
2 MR. BELL: I don't have an estimate.
3 MR. CARMAN: Once again those fees and costs
4 are part of the fund.
5 MR. BELL: My estimate for taking it through
6 trial would be about $3,000 to have the orthopedic
7 surgeon come in and testify and about $1,000 in
8 random -- I won't say random, but court reporter
9 fees, exhibits, incidental expenses associated
10 with it. The trial would likely last three to
11 four days and probably I would guess in
12 preparation therefore, there would be probably
13 another 60 hours of time expended in total.
14 MR. NORRIS: One last question. If it's
15 getting paid by SIRMA, do we have to get approval
16 from anybody else or we call the shot here?
17 MR. CARMAN: In this particular incident when
18 you deal with SIRMA, SIRMA has authority to
19 approve claims up to $25,000. Anything in excess
20 of $25,000 must be approved by the SIRMA board
21 which the City has a representative on that board
22 for purposes of approval, but in this particular
23 instance since the settlement does not exceed that
24 $25,000 limit, the only approval required would be
25 by this council and then the settlement could go
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1 through without any additional approval necessary.
2 MR. NORRIS: All right.
3 MR. NOEL: All right. Charles?
4 MR. O'MEILIA: Charles O'Meilia. Are you
5 saying that Santos said that the Village was aware
6 of this problem?
7 MR. BELL: No. What Mr. Santos said was that
8 the Village up until the filing of this litigation
9 was under the impression that the area outside --
10 At the edge of Lighthouse Drive there is a ships
11 wheel which I believe most of the members of the
12 Village believed was the limit of North Palm
13 Beach. There's a drainage easement past that.
14 Back in the '70's, the mid '70's, the Village
15 of North Palm Beach intended to fill that in. It
16 solely serves to drain water from the shopping
17 center. It's in Palm Beach Gardens on I think
18 it's Gardens East Drive there.
19 Palm Beach Gardens orally agreed to maintain
20 that area and has been mowing the grass and taking
21 care of the weeds in that canal with a bushwhacker
22 for quite some time.
23 There is no written agreement about
24 maintaining that area and initially there was a
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1 were unable to determine any kind of concrete
2 evidence that the sidewalk was ever discussed or
3 that we would be able in any way to hold Palm
4 Beach Gardens responsible for the damage to the
5 sidewalk of the tree lifting it up.
6 Because of the lack of an agreement reached
7 or any documentation that we were able to locate
8 regarding it, the Village is responsible for that
9 area.
10 So, it's our understanding that not only Palm
11 Beach Gardens, but North Palm Beach's employees
12 assumed that that was outside the area.
13 With regard to what Mr. Santos actually said,
14 I don't believe that he said there was any notice
15 whatsoever of the area because it was outside the
16 Village or his belief was that it was outside of
17 the Village of North Palm.
18 The plaintiff's argument would be that the
19 Village has a duty to maintain the sidewalks in a
20 reasonably safe condition and that he believes
21 that that particular area was dangerous and should
22 have been barricaded and ultimately repaired.
23 I understand the notice issue that I think
24 you're getting at, but the concern that we have
25 here is it's something which will get to the jury
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1 and I don't think a jury is going to find in favor
2 of the Village on that basis.
3 MR. O'MEILIA: Charles O'Meilia. The initial
4 lawsuit was against the Gardens and the Village.
5 Did the Gardens -- They got out of it?
6 MR. BELL: Because the sidewalk itself was
7 located in North Palm Beach, Gardens got out of
8 this case brought by the plaintiff.
9 We've considered various avenues of trying to
10 bring Palm Beach Gardens back into it and I don't
11 believe that any of them would succeed, nor do I
12 think that it would be -- that the moneys expended
13 in pursuing such a course would be justified in
14 the end of what you would get in return.
15 MR. O'MEILIA: Have they accepted it, the
16 agreement?
17 MR. BELL: Yes.
18 MR. O'MEILIA: They have accepted 25?
19 MR. BELL: Yes, the plaintiff has.
20 MR. NOEL: David?
21 MR. NORRIS: He asked my question.
22 MR. NOEL: Anyone else have a question?
23 I have a question, just a quick question, and
24 it's relative to all -- any lawsuit, but it
25 pertains in this one to Mr. Santos.
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is being deposed on our part?
MR. BELL: I spoke with him in this room for
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fashion that may alter his testimony or make him
understand the issues better, he indicated that he
was going to basically say what he was going to
say, which was the truth in his mind.
I did raise basically the issues, you know,
about notice and about the lip itself and he
believed that it should have been fixed.
MR. NOEL: As long as he had an opportunity
for counsel, that's what I was concerned about.
MR. EISSEY: Do we need to, as the council,
make a motion to recommend the amount in the
settlement?
MR. NOEL: We're going to do that out there.
Anything else?
MR. O'MEILIA: Have you got a comment on
this, George?
MR. BALDWIN: No. I think I'm pretty clear
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MR. BALDWIN: We're done.
(Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded.)
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