1970-440 Authorizing Village Manager to Hire Law Firm of Nelson, Gildan, & YeagerRESOLUTION N0. 440-70
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORT}{ PALM
REACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE VILLAGE MANAGER
7'0 EMPLOY T{[E LAW FIRM OF NASON, GILDAN & YAEGER TO REPRESENT
1'1[}; DEPENDENTS IN THE CAUSE ENTITLED "THE STATE OF FLORIDA
UPON RELATION OF 0, P, CORPORATION, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, VS.
1'}IOMAS F. LF,WIS, MAYOR, ET AL. AND SETTING FORTH PROVISIONS
FOR PAYMF,NT OF FEES AND COSTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida upon relation of 0. P.
Corporation, a Florida corporation, has sued the Mayor, Vice-
Mayor, Members of the Village Council, the Village Building
Inspector, and the Village of North Palm Beach, all jointly and
severally, and
WHEREAS, said law suit seeks a mandatory injunction
recniiring the Building Inspector to issue a building permit to
plaintiff to construct a twelve-story apartment house upon
' real property described in the complaint, and
W}{F,REAS, 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 that any acts of the Village Council or
Building Inspector are proper and legal, to insure the proper
defenses of the above styled cause, to insure the legality of
t}ie Council's acts and the Building Inspector's acts in perform-
ing 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
acid directed to employ the law firm of NASON, GILDAN & YAEGER,
P. A, as legal counsel to represent the defendants in a cause
entitled "The State of Florida upon relation of 0. P. Corporation,
' a Florida Corporation, vs. Thomas F. Lewis, Mayor, et al., Case
No. 70 C 9G3-Smith, 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 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 1970.
/s/ Thomas F. Lewis
' MAYOR
A1'TES T
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk
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