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MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 4,2025 5:30 PM CITY HALL ANNEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
The Council of the City of Destin met at an executive session with the following members and staff present:
Council Present Mayor Bobby Wagner Councilmember Teresa Hebert Councilmember Sandy Trammell Councilmember Kevin Schmidt
Councilmember Dewey Destin
Councilmember Jim Bagby
Councilmember Rodney Braden
Councilmember Torey Geile
Staff Present City Manager Larry Jones City Clerk Rey Bailey City Attorney Kimberly Romano Kopp Litigation Attorney Erik A. Krebs, Esq.
Liz Reyes, Court Reporter
CALL TO ORDER
1. EXECUTIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION: Pursuant to Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, the City's Special Counsel will be seeking the advice of the City Council regarding settlement negotiations and/or strategy related to litigation expenditures concerning the pending litigation:
Ida K. Broski v. City of Destin, Okaloosa County, and Destin Water Users Inc., 2023 CA 000978 (Okaloosa County, Florida Circuit Court 2023)
Mayor Wagner convened the meeting and announced that:
"This session of the Destin City Council is hereby convened as noticed by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, The Daily News, on Friday, August 1, 2025.
Ida K. Broski v. City of Destin, Okaloosa County, and Destin Water Users Inc., 2023 C A 000978 (Okaloosa County, Florida Circuit Court 2023)
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may receive the Council's advice regarding the strategy to be used in this case and the type of expenses to be incurred."
The entire session would be recorded by a court reporter, the transcript would be filed with the City Clerk, and available to the public at the conclusion of the litigation discussed today. A copy of the published notice of this executive session is hereby identified as Exhibit A and will be attached to the transcript of this executive session.
In addition to the Mayor and City Council members in attendance tonight, the following individuals will participate in the session:
Attorneys for the City:
Eric A. Krebs, Esq.
Warner Law Firm, P.A.
Panama City,FL 32402
P.O.Box 1820
Kimberly Romano Kopp, Esq., LEED AP Romano Kopp Law, PA. P.O.Box 445 Destin, Florida 32541-0445
City Manager
Larry Jones"
The City Attorney (Cont.)
"At this time will the mayor and council members in attendance please identify yourselves for the record?"
The following members of the city council each announced their presence:
Mayor Bobby Wagner
Councilmember Rodney Braden Councilmember Sandy Trammell
The City Attorney (Cont.)
Councilmember Dewey Destin
"I estimate that this executive session will take approximately 30 minutes. At the conclusion of the executive session, the Council will reconvene the public hearing, accept any motions if applicable, and the mayor will end the session."
Councilmember Teresa Hebert
Councilmember Torey Geile Councilmember Kevin Schmidst
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Mayor Wagner states that:
"At this time, we will recess the public portion of tonight's meeting and convene the executive session.
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