City of Deltona  
2345 Providence Blvd.  
Deltona, FL 32725  
Minutes  
Special City Commission Meeting  
Monday, June 16, 2025  
1. CALL TO ORDER:  
5:00 PM  
2nd Floor Conference Room  
EXECUTIVE SESSION  
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Mayor Avila.  
2. ROLL CALL – CITY CLERK:  
3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG:  
Vice Mayor arrived at 5:11 p.m.  
4. BUSINESS:  
Private meeting with legal counsel to discuss:  
UNITED STATED DISTRICT COURT  
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA  
ORLANDO DIVISION - Case No. 6:23-CV-00766-JSS-LHP  
DAMIAN ANSON, et al.,  
Plantiffs,  
v.  
CITY OF DELTONA, a Florida  
Municipal Corporation,  
DefendAnt  
i. Mayor announces the commencement of the Executive Session with  
an estimated length of up to a half hour.  
Mayor Avila stated the estimated length of time for the Executive Session is a half hour.  
ii. Mayor announces the names of each Commissioner in attendance,  
the City Manager Doc Dougherty, Deputy City Manager Robin Hayes,  
City Attorneys Gemma Torcivia and Zack Good, and Attorney Dale Scott  
with Tessitore Mari Scott, PLLC.  
Mayor Avila announced the names of each Commissioner in attendance, the City Manager Doc  
Dougherty, the Deputy City Manager Robin Hayes, City Attorney's Gemma Torcivia and Zachery  
Good, and Dale Scott with Tessitore Mari Scott, PLLC.  
iii. Mayor closes the session to the public.  
Mayor Avila closed the Executive Session to the public at 5:35 p.m. and he asked that anyone's  
name he did not call to exit the room at this time.  
iv. Discussion of pending litigation.  
The meeting was extended at 5:30 p.m. for 15 minutes.  
v. Mayor announces the termination of the Executive Session.  
vi. Mayor reopens the meeting.  
5. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS:  
6. ADJOURNMENT:  
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.  
______________________________  
Santiago Avila, Jr., MAYOR  
ATTEST:  
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Joyce Raftery, CMC, MMC, CITY CLERK