Tag: Windermere Boathouses

Court must first address the boathouse owners' motion to dismiss, which argues the town did not legally authorize the decision to appeal.

Former, current mayors mum on why council didn't have updated numbers.

The court said Windermere had no right to enter the original 1986 lease with boathouse owners — but that's not stopping the town from trying to persuade them to accept a settlement with yet another lease.

Asks Sixth District Court to dismiss. “There is no public record of any town council resolution or vote authorizing this appeal.”

Powerhouse law firm joins town legal team two weeks ahead of mediation verdict at the Sixth District Court of Appeal.

If town, residents fail to settle within 60 days, appeals process resumes.

State appeals court considering mediation to resolve dispute that has cost nearly $640,000 in taxpayer funds

Palmer Park boathouse owners retain ownership of the structures, court to consider awarding attorneys’ fees and other costs in the lawsuit that has already cost the town more than half a million dollars to litigate against its residents.

Town attorneys argued the ruling was “based on disputed issues of facts,” door open to appeal.

"We want our money back. We're paying the town's attorneys out of taxes, so basically I'm suing myself."