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Mayor Fernandez moves City of South Miami into attorney‑client session over Mandelstam lawsuit
Summary
Mayor Javier Fernandez called the meeting to order and announced the City would recess to an attorney‑client session to discuss litigation styled Rodney Mandelstam and Carol Mandelstam LLC v. City of South Miami (case no. 21-017108-CAD-01); the public meeting resumed about 38 minutes later.
Mayor Javier Fernandez called the meeting to order at about 6:03 p.m. and announced the City would move into an attorney‑client session to discuss pending litigation. "I'm gonna call to order the public meeting portion of this session," Fernandez said before directing the meeting into closed session.
Fernandez said the closed session was being held "according to Florida statutes 2 86.011, paragraph 8" to consider the litigation styled Rodney Mandelstam and Carol Mandelstam LLC v. City of South Miami, case number 21-017108-CAD-01 in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami‑Dade County. He told the room the session was estimated to last about 60 minutes and listed attendees who would join the closed session; a certified court reporter would record the proceedings and the transcript would be made part of the public record. The mayor reopened the public meeting at about 6:41 p.m., saying, "The attorney client session has now been terminated, and members of the general public are now invited to return for further proceedings or matters."
