Jackson v. City of Tallahassee
Decision Date | 08 March 2019 |
Docket Number | No. 1D19-366,1D19-366 |
Citation | 265 So.3d 736 (Mem) |
Parties | Dr. Erwin D. JACKSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, et al., Appellees. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Charles Burns Upton II of Upton Law Firm, P.L., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Louis C. Norvell, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Tallahassee, for Appellees.
This is an appeal from a final summary judgment in which the circuit court ruled that the City did not violate the Sunshine Law in its process of eliminating some applicants for a vacant commission seat, and that regardless of any asserted violation, the City's later meeting eliminated any purported taint from the earlier process by conducting a full and open public meeting to fill the vacancy. As the court found:
On December 31, 2018, the Tallahassee City Commission held a public meeting to consider the appointment to fill the temporary vacancy on the City Commission. There was more than an hour of public comment and 30 public speakers. At the meeting, nine candidates (seeking to fill the vacancy) made presentations and responded to questions from commissioners.... [T]here was no limit on the number of speakers or the topics on which they could speak. The Commission engaged in full discussion of the appointment and there were rounds of nominations before a candidate was selected for appointment.
Based on those findings, we agree with the circuit court that "the December 31, 2018 meeting was not [a] perfunctory or ceremonial acceptance of a prior decision made outside the Sunshine." Accordingly, as the court concluded, any purported violation "was cured by the full, open and fair consideration of the appointment at the December 31, 2018 meeting." See Sarasota Citizens for Responsible Gov't v. City of Sarasota , 48 So.3d 755, 765 (Fla. 2010) (). Finch v. Seminole Cty. Sch. Bd. , 995 So.2d 1068, 1073 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) (...
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