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Meeting: City Commission on 2025-10-09 9:00 AM - Revised October 6, 2025

Meeting Time: October 09, 2025 at 9:00am EDT

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14 25-4538 *Approving the Letter of Engagement dated September 24, 2025 for Mayanne Downs, of the DownsAaron Law Firm, to serve as City Attorney for the City of Key West, Florida, on a month-to-month basis, at the rate of $495 per hour, effective October 13, 2025, for a maximum of eighteen (18) months or until terminated by either party; Authorizing the Mayor to execute the Letter of Engagement; Authorizing the City Manager to execute any necessary budget transfers and/or adjustments.

Legislation Text Resolution Letter of Engagement Res 25-247 Selecting M. Downs CA Screening Committee Recommending M. Downs
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    Steve Kerver at October 05, 2025 at 12:42pm EDT

    …You couldn’t get someone local??
    Why would you hire someone from *out of town* to be the new City Attorney??

    That just seems dumb, especially at $495/hr, plus travel costs.

    We’ve already seen enough nepotism & shenanigans with Ramsingh & Ramsingh, and wasting $212K for that guy to commit fraud, while his brother made us have to re-review all of the building permits at taxpayer expense— who’s dumb idea was this??