TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 3/18/2025
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 8 - C
SUBJECT:
Title
Public Hearing - Request for approval of Resolution No. 2025-47, for legal representation in the Shane Bengelsdorf v. City of Deltona.
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LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
Hourly rates
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
General Fund-Insurance Expense 001 190 524 501
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
City Attorney’s Office
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to adopt Resolution 2025-47 for legal representation for the Shane Bengelsdorf v. City of Deltona.”
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BACKGROUND:
Background
The City has been served with a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the case styled Shane Bengelsdorf v. City of Deltona. The City’s insurance carrier, FMIT, is currently reviewing the matter to determine if coverage exists. If FMIT accepts coverage, the City will utilize defense counsel through the carrier. In the meantime, the City is required to file a response and it is in the City’s best interest to authorize the use of outside legal counsel through the firm Tessitore Mari Scott, PLLC, as well as to authorize the City Attorney, TG Law, PLLC, to represent the City in the litigation and supervise the City’s outside counsel in accordance with the terms of TG Law’s contract dated November 2, 2024.
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