Village Council - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Pinecrest Village Council convened a special meeting to conduct an executive session regarding the ongoing litigation in the case of Megalodon v. The Village of Pinecrest. The closed session lasted approximately 65 minutes before the public meeting was reopened and adjourned.

About this meeting

Government Body
Village Council
Meeting Type
Village Council
Location
Pinecrest, FL
Meeting Date
March 18, 2026

Transcript

23 sections

0:04Speaker 2

Yeah, are you new at meetings?

0:35Speaker 5

Okay, everybody does it differently.

1:39Joseph Corradino

Let's get going.

1:40Speaker 1

What was her name?

1:41 – 1:54Speaker 7

Her name is Jamie Meyer. Jamie. I don't believe she has any affiliation with Ariel.

1:54Joseph Corradino

Are we on? We need one more person. Let's see who shows up first.

2:10Speaker 1

All right. All right.

2:32Joseph Corradino

I'm calling this meeting to order. Ms. Clark, will you call the roll, please?

2:37Speaker 8

Council Member Del Prado. Here. Council Member Greenberg. Here. Council Member Meyer.

2:43Speaker 8

Vice Mayor Fairman. Present. Mayor Corradino.

2:46 – 3:52Joseph Corradino

I'm here. It's... You know what I'm going to do at this time? They've given me a script, but I'm not going to read the script because we've done this a thousand times already. So let me see if I can do this blindfolded. The time is now 1230 p.m., and we're about to have a continuation of a continuation of the... Wednesday, March 18th, attorney-client session in accordance with the Florida statute 286.011 regarding the following litigation, Megalodon v. The Village of Pinecrest. And this is case number 21CV22819RKA. And the session is estimated to last... 60 minutes. And the following people may be in attendance at this meeting. Myself, Mayor Joseph M. Cordino, Vice Mayor Ken Fairman, Village Council Members Shannon Del Prado, Jerry Greenberg, and Ariel Meyer, plus Village Attorneys Mitchell Bierman, Chad Friedman, Alicia Gonzalez, Eric Stetton, Matt Mandel, Louis Dickinson, Jack Jr., Amanda Anderson, Stephen A. Marino, James Jr., James E. McDonald, John W. McCluskey, David M. McDonald, and Village Manager Jocelyn Galliano.

3:52Speaker 2

Literally the entire roster of the Florida Bar.

3:54 – 4:10Joseph Corradino

The Florida Bar. And these proceedings are going to be recorded by a certified court reporter. And at the conclusion of all litigation discussed, the transcript will be made part of the public record. So all of those individuals that I have named shall now convene in the manager's conference room.

1:04:43Speaker 4

I could have gone up for another half an hour at least. Half an hour, Kent, please. You don't know lawyers.

1:04:49 – 1:05:08Joseph Corradino

Yeah. All right, great. I'm going to reopen the meeting. The attorney-client session has been terminated, and those that are in the closed session have now rejoined the members of the general public in the council chamber for any further proceedings in this matter. The time is now 1.35 p.m. At this time, we'll continue the special meeting, and the next item is our motion for adjournment.

1:05:11Speaker 1

Mitch, I'm sorry. Mitch, do you want to set for a future executive session or how do we do that? We'll ask for it again at a future. Okay.

1:05:20Speaker 2

I just want Ken's blocks to be part of this.

1:05:25Speaker 2

Oh, it is a problem. Damn.

1:05:27Joseph Corradino

Yeah, seriously. Motion approved.

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