1972-47 Authorizing the Village Manager to Employ the Law Firm of Nelson, Gildan, & YeagerRESOLUTION N0. 48-72
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEAC}{~
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EMPLOY THE
I.AW FIRM OF NASON, GILDAN & YEAGER, P. A., TO REPRESENT THE DEFENDANTS,
' ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEAC}{, FLORIDA,
ET AL., IN T}IAT CERTAIN CAUSE FILED BY ESTON E. MULLINEX AND SANDRA
G. MULLINEX, HIS WIFE, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, CIVIL ACTION, AND
SETTING FORTH PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF FEES AND COSTS IN CONNECTION
T}}EREWITH
WHEREAS, Eston E. Mullinex and Sandra G. Mullinex, his wife,
have sued the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Village of North Palm
Beach, Florida, and John F. McDermott, Frederick Teed, Alden Smith,
McLin Nowlin, Paul C. Schmitt, Oscar Welch, C. R. OTMeilia, and Norman
Bott, in their capacity as members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment
of the Village; and.
' W}{EREAS, said law suit seeks a Writ of Certiorari and an
order quashing a decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment; 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 insure the legality of the
Board's acts and. the individual members of the Board in performing
their prescribed duties, it is imperative that legal counsel be retained;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF
NORT}I PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
' Section 1. The Village Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to employ the law firm of NASON, GILDAN & YEAGER, P:A. as
legal counsel to represent the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Village
of North Palm Beach, Florida, and John F. McDermott, Frederick Teed.,
Alden Smith, McLin Nowlin, Paul C. Schmitt, Oscar Welch, C. R. O'Meilia,
and Norman Bott, in their capacity as members of the Zoning Board of
Adjustment of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida in that certain
cause filed in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of
' Florida, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, wherein Eston E, Mullinex
and Sandra G. Mullinex, his wife, are Plaintiffs and the Zoning Board.
of Adjustment of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, et al. are
Respondents, and. to employ such additional counsel as may be needed to
adequately and fully defend the legal rights of the respondents therein.
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 28 DAY OF DECEMBER, 1972.
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ATTEST:
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk
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/s/ H, Mallory Privett, Jr,
MAYOR
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