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I J U L 6 1983 Stix ' f A .92 the County and resolve matters without going to trial. He felt that the County is close to being in a position to judge whether or not to go to trial. He explained that the attorneys have scheduled a meeting for this afternoon at two o'clock. He felt that to enter into negotiations of any meaning, a County Commissioner should sit in on this and any additional meetings. If that wasn't possible, then perhaps the Board could authorize the Legal Dept. to do whatever was necessary. Attorney Brandenburg stressed that it is important that a decision be made on whether we are capable of reaching a settlement on the matter or whether we are going to spend the necessary funds to take the matter to trial. During discussion, it was pointed out that the con- struction company's claim is $800,000 and the architect's claim amounts to $150,000. Mr. Reinhold had indicated that he has expended over $50,000 in attorney fees on this case alone. The County has paid outside counsel in the neighborhood of $22,000-24,000, plus the fees of the arbitration firm of Collins -Brown who hired Jones -Foster out of Palm Beach county to handle the appeal. To date, the County is approaching $35,000-$38,000.in attorney fees. Attorney Brandenburg estimated that a trial would last about two weeks and involve considerable expense. In discussion, Attorney Brandenburg stated that there was some thought that the Commission representative should be one of the two Commissioners who were in office at the time the original agreements were approved, either Commissioner Lyons or Commissioner Wodtke. After some discussion, it was decided that Commissioner Lyons would represent the Board in this matter. ON MOTION MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, the Board 42 M M