HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgreement_General_01/11/2018_PBA Settlement_Ramirez SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This is a settlement agreement between the Village of Tequesta(Village)and the Palm Beach County
PBA(PBA),representing Ariel Ramirez,resolving the issue of attorney's fees and costs incurred by the
PBA for litigating the Village's circuit court case involving motions to vacate and/or modify an
arbitration award and the PBA's motion to confirm that award,which is Village of Tequesta v. Palm
Beach County PBA and Ariel Ramirez,Case Number 502017CA00426XXXXMB.
On November 9,2017,the PBA filed a motion for attorney's fees and costs against the Village,which
the Village responded to on November 13,2017. The Village and PBA have amicably settled the matter
and enter into this settlement agreement to resolve the attorney's fees and costs issue under the following
terms.
I. The Village agrees to pay the PBA a total sum of$8000 for fees and costs incurred in litigating
the underlying circuit court case.
2. By entering into this agreement the Village is not admitting to any wrongdoing on its behalf.
3. This agreement represents a final conclusion to the grievance,arbitration,and circuit court case.
The PBA hereby waives any further claims on this matter, including any statutory or contractual
claims that relate to the dispute addressed and resolved in the grievance,arbitration and circuit
court cases. The PBA does not,and will not,claim any other attorney's fees and/or costs for this
case.
4. In consideration of the foregoing,the PBA agrees to withdraw the November 9,2017,motion for
fees and costs with prejudice.
5. This agreement represents the party's good faith commitment to conclude with finality the matter
arbitrated in the grievance.
Signatures for the Village of Tequesta and Palm Beach County PBA
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