February 18, 2025 Executive Session (2025-02-18)

MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 18, 2025 5: 00 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 Jim Bagby Councilmember Sandy Trammell Councilmember Rodney Braden Staff Present City Manager Larry Jones City Clerk Rey Bailey City Attorney Kimberly Romano Kopp William G. Warner, Esq. Others Present 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: Destin Fishing Fleet, Inc., v. City of Destin, Okaloosa County Court Case No. 2019- CA- 00425- F, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, in and for Okaloosa County, Florida 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 Northwest Florida Daily News, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The City Attorney states as follows: Pursuant to § 286.011( 8), Florida Statutes, at this time, I would like to request that we adjourn to executive session so that I, the attorney ofrecordfor the City ofDestin in:

Destin Fishing Fleet, Inc., v. City of Destin, Okaloosa County Court Case No. 2019- CA- 00425- F, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, in and for Okaloosa County, Florida 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 ofthis executive session. In addition to the Mayor and City Council members in attendance tonight, the following persons will attend the session: Attorneys for the City: William G. Warner, Esq. Warner Law Firm, P.A. 519 Grace Avenue Panama City, Florida 32401 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 Councilmember Jim Bagby Councilmember Teresa Hebert The City Attorney (Cont.) 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 ifapplicable, and the mayor will end the session. " Page 2 of 3

Mayor Wagner states that: At this time, we will recess the public portion of tonight' s meeting and convene the executive session. Individuals whose names are not listed in the published notice left the room and the executive session convened. Once the closed session ended and the City Clerk has returned, Mayor Wagner states: We will now reconvene the public portion of this meeting and I will accept any motions from the council. " Councilmember Bagby made a motion to direct the legal counsel and the City Attorney to appeal the ruling and to engage with the insurance company and find out if they were willing to split the cost of the appeal. Councilmember Hebert provided a second to the motion, which passed 4- 0 ( Council members Bagby, Hebert, Trammell, and Braden voted " yes"; Council members Schmidt, Geile, and Destin were absent from the meeting. ADJOURNMENT: Having no further business at this time, the mayor adjourned the meeting at 5: 25 PM. ADOPTED THIS 3RD DAY OF MARCH 2025 By: Bobby Wagner, Mayor ATTEST: mss_ Rey Bailey, : Tr _ Page 3 of 3