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Milton council votes 6-1 to authorize joint motion to end public-records lawsuit with mayor
Summary
At a March 20 special meeting, the Milton City Council authorized the city attorney to work with Mayor Heather Lindsay’s counsel to file a joint motion asking the Santa Rosa County Circuit Court to sustain the mayor’s objections to about 315 documents, confirm production of other records and dismiss the case with prejudice; the motion passed 6-1.
The Milton City Council on March 20 authorized the city attorney to work with Mayor Heather Lindsay’s legal counsel to prepare and file a joint motion asking the Santa Rosa County Circuit Court to sustain the mayor’s objections to roughly 315 documents, confirm that other records identified as public were produced, and dismiss the litigation with prejudice.
The motion, offered at a special-called meeting, was the culmination of the council’s direction to resolve what City Attorney John Adams called “the public records lawsuit.” Adams told the council the court had reviewed more than 3,200 records — material that he said may have contained “over a hundred thousand texts” — and that the mayor had lodged objections to about 315 of the documents identified…
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