Special City Commission Executive Session - August 18, 2025

The City of Deltona held a Special City Commission Meeting on August 18, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the 2nd Floor Conference Room. The meeting was an executive session closed to the public for attorney-client discussion of pending litigation in the case City of Deltona, Florida v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al.

Executive Session

• The meeting was called to order, roll call was taken, and the pledge was recited.
• Mayor announced the commencement of the executive session with an estimated length of up to half an hour.
• Attendees included each Commissioner (Mayor Avila, Vice Mayor Heriot, Commissioners Avila-Vazquez, Colwell, Howington, Lulli, Santiago), City Manager Doc Dougherty, Finance Director John McKinney, City Attorneys Gemma Torcivia and Zack Good, and Attorney Eric Romano.
• The session was closed to the public for discussion of pending litigation.
• No decisions or votes were taken in open session.
• The meeting was adjourned.

Key Outcomes

• No public actions were taken. The executive session remains confidential under attorney-client privilege until resolution of the litigation.

Note: No transcript or minutes were provided for this meeting.