City Commission meeting to discuss pending litigation regarding Joe Carollo v. City of Miami.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE THAT a meeting of the City of Miami Commission has been scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the City of Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. A private attorney-client session will be conducted under the parameters of 286.011(8), F.S. The person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce the commencement of an attorney-client session, closed to the public, for purposes of discussing the pending litigation in the matter of Joe Carollo v. City of Miami, et al., case no. 2006-014464-CA-01, pending in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, to which the City is presently a party. The subject of the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Commissioners' schedules permit) and conclude approximately one hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the City Commission, which include Chairwoman Christine King, Commissioners Miguel Angel Gabela, Damian Pardo, Rolando Escalona, and Ralph "Rafael" Rosado; City Manager James Reyes; and Outside Counsel Fabian A. Ruiz. A certified court reporter will be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed, and the transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the above-cited, ongoing litigation. At the conclusion of the attorney-client session, the regular City Commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce the termination of the attorney-client session. Todd B. Hannon City Clerk Ad No. 43892