8-12-09 Special Called (Shade) Mtg. vMINUTES OF SPECIAL CALLED (SHADE) MEETING OF ATLANTIC BEACH CITY
COMMISSION HELD ON AUGUST 12, 2009
PRESENT: Mayor John Meserve
Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Borno
Commissioner John Fletcher
Commissioner Paul Parsons
Commissioner Carolyn Woods
ALSO: Jim Hanson, City Manager
George Foster, City Chief Negotiator
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM in the Commissioner Chamber with
Commissioners Borno, Parsons and Woods present for the purpose of discussing related matters
regarding Union negotiations. The Mayor advised that as provided by Florida Statute 447.605,
discussions regarding collective bargaining negotiations are not open to the public but will be
conducted within a Shade meeting. The Mayor then adjourned the public meeting to a Shade
meeting to be conducted in the City Hall North Conference Room. Commissioner Fletcher
joined the meeting at 4:09 PM.
Matters that could affect Union negotiations with the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent
Association, Inc., (BPA) and the Northeast Florida Public Employees Local 630 "Blue Collar"
and "White Collar" Unions were then discussed with guidance being provided to the City
negotiator.
The meeting reconvened to the sunshine in the Commission Chamber where the Shade Meeting
and the Special Called Meeting were adjourned at 5:00 PM.
ATTEST
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Donna L. Bartle, CMC
City Clerk