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File #: R-2024-339    Version: 1 Name: Guillermo Mertnoff Reso Settlement.doc
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/7/2024 In control: Office of the City Attorney
On agenda: 10/23/2024 Final action: 10/23/2024
Title: A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Implement A Settlement With Guillermo Mertnoff In The Amount Of $90,000.00.
Attachments: 1. Reso Settlement.pdf

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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Implement A Settlement With Guillermo Mertnoff In The Amount Of $90,000.00.

 

Strategic Plan Focus

Financial Management & Administration

 

 

Body

 

Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.

 

 

Explanation:

On March 21, 2023, Guillermo Mertnoff (“Claimant”) filed a civil action against the City seeking damages arising out of a slip and fall accident involving a City-owned boat dock located at 700 Polk Street, Hollywood, Florida, that occurred on December 14, 2021. The City Attorney and Claimant’s attorney have negotiated a settlement in the amount of $90,000.00.

 

If this settlement is approved by the City Commission, the monies will be paid from the City’s self-insurance fund

 

 

Fiscal Impact:

Funding of this settlement is available in the City’s Self-Insurance Fund.

 

 

Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:

Julian S. Geraci, Esq., Chief Litigation Attorney

Douglas R. Gonzales, Esq., City Attorney