A. MOTION TO APPROVE Agreements for the appointment of the following firms as Broward County outside bond counsel: (1) Bryant Miller Olive, P.A.; (2) Law Offices of Steve E. Bullock, P.A.; (3) Locke Lord LLP, in joint venture with the Law Offices of Carol D. Ellis, P.A.; (4) Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., in joint venture with the Law Offices of Saunders Legal Strategies & Solutions, P.L.; (5) D. Seaton and Associates, P.A.; and (6) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, in joint venture with the Law Office of Perry Thurston, Jr. P.A., for all bond/note transactions and conduit issues involving the Housing Finance Authority, the Health Facilities Authority, and Industrial Revenue Bonds.
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, Signature pages have been received and strike all references to Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in joint venture with Edwards & Feanny, P.A., within the agenda report and Exhibit 1. Please delete the Agreement for Legal Services with Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in Exhibit 2.)
ACTION: (T-10:19 AM) Approved with the Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated Tuesday, August 22, 2017, submitted at the request of the Office of the County Attorney. (Scrivener’s Error – See County Administrator’s Report: In the agenda report and Exhibit 1, insert, after “Bryant Miller Olive, P.A.” the following: in joint venture with Llorente and Heckler, P.A. In Exhibit 2, on Page 7, Section 13 of the Agreement for Legal Services between Broward County, Florida, and the Law Offices of Steve E. Bullock, P.A., the email address currently reads: steven@bullockslaw.com and should read: sbullock@sebullocklaw.com.)
VOTE: 9-0.
B. MOTION TO APPROVE Agreements for the appointment of the following firms as Broward County outside bond counsel: (1) Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in joint venture with Edwards & Feanny, P.A., as bond counsel on bond/note transactions and on conduit issues involving the Housing Finance Authority, the Health Facilities Authority, and Industrial Revenue Bonds, and (2) GrayRobinson, P.A., in joint venture with Pittman Law Group, P.L., as disclosure counsel on bond/note transactions and on conduit issues involving the Housing Finance Authority, the Health Facilities Authority, and Industrial Revenue Bonds, each effective only upon amendment to Section 18.88 of the Broward County Administrative Code to permit outside legal counsel, in limited circumstances, to undertake private representation of a party before County boards or agencies where the County Attorney, in his or her sole discretion, determines that no material conflict of interest to the County will result, together with written acknowledgment of and certification of compliance with Section 18.88, as amended, by each firm.
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, Signature pages have been received and strike all references to Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in joint venture with Edwards & Feanny, P.A., within the agenda report and Exhibit 1. Please delete the Agreement for Legal Services with Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in Exhibit 2.)
ACTION: (T-10:19 AM) Approved with the Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated Tuesday, August 22, 2017, submitted at the request of the Office of the County Attorney. (Scrivener’s Error – See County Administrator’s Report: In the agenda report and Exhibit 1, insert, after “Bryant Miller Olive, P.A.” the following: in joint venture with Llorente and Heckler, P.A. In Exhibit 2, on Page 7, Section 13 of the Agreement for Legal Services between Broward County, Florida, and the Law Offices of Steve E. Bullock, P.A., the email address currently reads: steven@bullockslaw.com and should read: sbullock@sebullocklaw.com.)
VOTE: 9-0.