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MIAMIBTACH
Gity Gommission Meeting
ADDENDUM MATERIAL 3
City Hall, Gommission Chambers, 3rd Floor, 1700 Gonvention Center Drive
January 14,2015
Mayor Philip Levine
Vice-Mayor Joy Malakoff
Commissioner Michael Grieco
Comm issioner Micky Steinberg
Commissioner Edward L. Tobin
Commissioner Deede Weithorn
Commissioner Jonah Wolfson
City Manager Jimmy Morales
City Attorney Raul J. Aguila
City Clerk Rafael E. Granado
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ADDENDUM AGENDA
R7 - Resolutions
R7F A Resolution Accepting The Recommendations Of The Finance And Citywide Projects
Committee, Waiving By 5/7th Vote The Formal Bidding Requirements And Authorizing The City
Manager To Negotiate And Execute A Contract With AVMED For The Provision Of
Administrative Services Only For The City's Self-lnsured Health Care Program To Be Effective
March 1,2015 Through September 30,2016, With Humana Providing Continued And Alternative
Health Care lnsurance Through September 30, 2015, Finding Such Waiver To Be ln The Best
lnterest Of The City; And Further, Directing The Administration To lssue An lnvitation To
Negotiate (lTN) For The Provision Of Administrative Services Only For The City's Self-lnsured
Health Care Program To Be lmplemented Beginning October 1,2016.
(Human Resources)
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R7 - Resolutions (Continued)
R7G A Resolution Amending Resolution No.94-21382 Concerning Commission Committees, And As
SubsequentlyAmended By Resolution Nos. 97-22607,98-22693,2003-25446, And 2013-28437,8y
Amending Paragraph 1 To Replace The Flood Mitigation Committee With A Sustainability And
Resiliency Committee.
(Sponsored by Mayor Philip Levine)
(Legislative Tracking: Office of the City Attorney)
R9S
R9 - New Business and Commission Requests
Discussion And ReferralTo Land Use And Development Committee - Completion Of The Central
Bayshore Area Storm Water And Roadways Construction.
(Requested by Vice-Mayor Joy Malakoff)
R10 - Gitv Attornev's Office
R10B ClosedAttorney-ClientSession
Pursuant to $286.011, Florida Statutes, the City Attorney hereby advises the Mayor and City
Commission that he desires advice concerning the following pending litigation matter:
Miami Beach Communitv Church. Inc., and South Beach Tristar. LLC v.
Citv of Miami Beach and Miami Desiqn Preservation Leaque, lnc.
Case No.: 14-473 AP Lower Tribunal Case No: HPSM 14-003
HPB File No.:7424
Therefore, a private closed Attorney-Client Session will be held during the lunch recess of the City
Commission meeting on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 al 12:00 p.m., or as soon as possible
thereafter, in the City Attorney's Large Conference Room, Fourth Floor, City Hall to discuss
settlement negotiations and/or strategy related to litigation expenditures with regard to the above-
referenced litigation matters.
The following individuals will be in attendance: Mayor Philip Levine; Members of the City
Commission: Micky Steinberg, Joy Malakoff, Michael Grieco, Edward Tobin, Deede Weithorn and
Jonah Wolfson; City Manager Jimmy Morales, City Attorney Raul Aguila and Deputy City Attorney
Eve A. Boutsis.
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COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Gondensed Title:
A resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, accepting the
recommendation of the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee to authorize the Manager to negotiate
and execute a contract with AvMed for the provision of administrative services only for the City's self-
insured health care program to be effective March 1,2015, with Humana coexisting and providing
continued health care insurance through September 30, 2015, and hereby waive by 5/7"'" vote, the formal
competitive bidding requirement, finding such waiver to be in the best interest of the City; and further,
directing the administration to issue an invitation to negotiate for the provision of administrative service
onlv for the Citv's self-insured health care mtobei October 1,2016.
lntended Outcome
Item Summarv/Recommendation :
Streamline the delivery of services; ensure expenditure trends are sustainable over the long run
On December 12,2014 and January 7,2015, the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee (FCWPC)
members discussed the effects of the Baptist Health Care System and its affiliated health care providers
not being in-network through Humana, the City's Administrative Services Only (ASO) carrier.
A report run early lastfall showed that24o/o of the covered employees and retirees living south of 56 SW
Street (as they are closer to Baptist Hospital than any other health care facility in the area) are affected by
his change.
Claims associated with Baptist providers represented between 9.9% - 17.7o/o of health plan spending
between 2011 through June 2014.
After lengthy discussion the FCWPC members found that health care coverage that does not include the
Baptist Health Care System and its affiliated health care practitioners as part of its network unacceptable.
Therefore, the Administration was directed to negotiate with AvMed to coexist with Humana effective
March 1, 2015; to negotiate with AvMed to have the company by the sole ASO carrier October 1, 2015
through September 30, 2016; and to issue an ITN to gauge other carriers' interest in working with the City
as of the benefit plan year beginning October 1,2016.
The Administration recommends of the FCWPC's recommendations.
At the January 7, 2015, Finance and Citywide Projects Committee meeting, members voted to negotiate
with AvMed to coexist with Humana effective March 1,2015; to negotiate with AvMed to have the
company by the sole ASO carrier October 1,2015 through September 30, 2016; and to issue an ITN to
gauge other carriers' interest in working with the City as of the benefit plan year beginning October 1,
2016.
Financial lnformation :
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Financial lmpact Summary: This action should not have a financial impact as ASO fees are based on
a oer person served. Therefore, employees will be covered by one of two carriers, not both.
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO:Mayor Philip Levine and Member of tfie City
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: January 14,2015
SUBTECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS
COMMITTEE AND AUTHORIZE THE CIry MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH AVMED FOR THE PROVISION OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ONLY FOR THE CITY'S SELF.INSURED
HEALTH CARE PROGRAM TO BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1,2016, WITH
HUMANA COEXISTING AND PROVIDING CONTINUED HEALTH CARE
INSURANCE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, AND HEREBY WAIVEBY 5/7THS VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDTNG
REQUIREMENT, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF THE CITY; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE
ADMTNTSTRATTON TO ISSUE AN TNVTTATION TO NEGOTIATE (lTN)
FOR THE PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ONLY FOR
THE CITY'S SELF.INSURED HEALTH CARE PROGRAM TO BE
IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2016.
BACKGROUND
On December 12, 2014 and January 7, 2015, the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee
(FCWPC) members discussed the effects of the Baptist Health Care System and its affiliated
health care providers not being in-network through Humana, the City's Administrative Services
Only (ASO) carrier.
DISGUSSION
Effective August 14,2014, negotiations between Humana, the City's Administrative Services Only
(ASO) carrier, and the Baptist network ended in a deadlock. As a result, all Baptist Hospitals,
physicians and associated health care practitioners are out of network providers for City of Miami
Beach employees who take advantage of the health care coverage benefits associated with
employment with the City.
Based on a report showing employees and retirees living south of 56 Street (as they are closer to
Baptist Hospital than any other health care facility in the area) 24Yo are affected by his change.
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Accepting FCWPC's Recommendation Regarding AvMed
January 14, 2015 Page 2 of 3
Claims associated with Baptist providers represented between 9.9%
spending between 2011 through June 2014.
17.7o/o of health plan
To address the needs of affected employees in the most expeditious way, staff looked at
piggybacking on an existing ASO contract with another public sector entity. The contract between
Miami-Dade County and AvMed appeared to be the most promising as the rates are competitive
and the network in the tri-county area extensive, including Baptist and its affiliated providers.
The City considered piggybacking the County's contract and discarded the option due to the fact
that by definition piggybacking requires that the City adopt the County's program as is. Given the
ditferences between what the County and the City offer and the confusion that moving to a
completely different program within a benefit plan year that just began would create, the City and
its advisors, Gallagher Benefits Services (Gallagher) thought is best not to abandon Humana
altogether but to explore three other options.
At the December 12, 2014 meeting, the Administration sought the FCWPC's recommendation as
to which of three available options the City should pursue. They included:
1. No change in carrier - staying with Humana and encouraging the organization to make
every effort to re-engage Baptist as a network provider.
2. Co-habitate - contract with AvMed as a second carrier with Humana. The considerations
regarding this option include verifying that AvMed will offer the City the same administrative
fees as the County and that Humana will participate in a dual carrier offering. Gallagher
would have to request a full re-pricing of claims by AvMed to assess the financial
implication of a partial replacement and analyze the access and disruption of providers
comparing the AvMed and Humana networks to educate employees who might elect
coverage through AvMed; implement the City's current plan designs on AvMed's platform
and assess the financial implications of prescription management (rebate credits/pricing)
and whether it could be provided on a dual carrier offering and/or of it is more
advantageous or even possible to continue with a single carrier for prescription
management.
3. Migrate to AvMed - via negotiations as only carrier.
At that time, the FCWPC recommended that AvMed cohabitate with Humana effective March 1,
2015, and the City issue lnvitations to Negotiate (lTN) to gauge other carriers' interest in working
with the City as of the new benefit plan year October 1,2015.
Shortly after the FCWPC's recommendation to issue an lTN, AvMed advised the Administration,
through the City's benefits consultant, Gallagher Benefits Services (Gallagher), that
implementation was too costly and labor-intensive to provide the service for only a guaranteed six-
month period (March to September).
As an administrative services only (ASO) provider, AvMed, or any other such provider, would have
to:
. Establish an account structure for five medical plans with three separate divisions: active
employees; retirees and those former employee or dependents now covered through
COBRA. Configure each plan to include the identification of covered services, exclusions, limitations,
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Accepting FCWPC's Recommendation Regarding AvMed
January 14,2015 Page 3 of 3
authorization requirements, age restrictions and limits. Create funding invoices to meet the City's requirementso Establish group-specific bank accounts. Assign an experienced management team to be trained in the City's medical, finance and
specific benefit designs and exclusions. Notify key network providers of the City's benefit packages
. Train an AvMed representative to be onsite to assist during open enrollment. Develop and produce materials, including provider directories, benefits comparisons and
benefit and coverage summaries. Create and distribute lD cards. Set up dedicated phone lines for the anticipated participants' use during the open
enrollment periodo ldentify employees who elect to be covered through AvMed to determine if they need
transition of care, case management, disease management, specialty pharmacy or home
health services to assign case managers to reach out to them
To meet the March 1 deadline, whether with AvMed or any other provider, the City and provider
staff will have to focus their energies fulltime to have a successful two-week open enrollment
period, February 9 through February 20, tor coverage to begin March 1.
At the January 7 meeting, the Administration's recommendation was to make no carrier changes
during the balance of the plan benefit year, encourage Humana to assist members in finding in-
network practitioners to replace their former Baptist affiliated health care providers and for the City
to issue the ITN for implementation with the new benefit plan year.
CONCLUSION
After lengthy discussion the FCWPC members found that health care coverage that does not
include the Baptist Health Care System and its affiliated health care practitioners as part of its
network unacceptable. Therefore, the Administration was directed to negotiate with AvMed to
coexist with Humana effective March 1,2015; to negotiate with AvMed to have the company by the
sole ASO carrier October 1,2015 through September 30, 2016; and to issue an ITN to gauge other
carriers' interest in working with the City as of the benefit plan year beginning October 1,2016.
The Administration recommends adoption of the FCWPC's recommendations.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
FTNANCE AND CITYWTDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE, WAIVING BY 5/7TH VOTE THE
FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH AVMED FOR THE PROVISION
OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ONLY FOR THE CITY'S SELF-INSURED HEALTH
CARE PROGRAM TO BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1,2015 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30,
2016, WITH HUMANA PROVIDING CONTINUED AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH
GARE INSURANCE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, FINDING SUCH WAIVER
TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION TO |SSUE AN TNVTTATTON TO NEGOTTATE (tTN) FOR THE
PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ONLY FOR THE CITY'S SELF.
INSURED HEALTH CARE PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING
ocToBER 1,2016.
WHEREAS, the City's current administrative services only (ASO) provider, Humana
lnsurance Company ("Humana"), dissolved its relationship with the Baptist Health Care System
("Baptist"); and
WHEREAS, the dissolution of such relationship resulted in all affiliated hospitals, urgent
care centers, and health care practitioners associated with Baptist being out-of-network
providers for all City of Miami Beach employees who elected health care coverage as a benefit
of employment; and
WHEREAS, approximately 24o/o of covered employees and retirees live south west of 56
Street where the majority of health care providers are associated with the Baptist Hospital
Health Care System; and
WHEREAS, claims associated with Baptist providers represented between 9.9% -
17 .7o/o of the City's health plan spending between 2011 and June 2014; and
WHEREAS, health care services through an out-of-network provider are either not an
option or, if available, are subject to higher out-of-pocket expenses for covered employees and
retirees; and
WHEREAS, AvMed has a relationship with Baptist and will be able to provide improved
health care insurance coverage to City employees; and
WHEREAS, the Finance and Citywide Projects (FCWP) Committee members reviewed
the status of the City's health care benefit program on December 12, 2014 and then at its
January 7, 2015 meeting, recommended the following: AvMed should provide a health care
insurance program, in addition to Humana, as an ASO provider effective March 1,2015; the
Baptist Health Care System should be reintegrated as an in-network provider to insured City
employees and retirees; AvMed should be the sole ASO provider October 1, 2015 through
September 30,2016; and staff should issue an lnvitation to Negotiate (lTN), the results of which
should be implemented October 1,2016.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND GITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEAGH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby accept the recommendations of the Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee and waive, by 5/7th vote, the formal bidding requirements and authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with AvMed for the provision of administrative
services only for the City's self-insured health care program to be effective March 1, 2015
through September 30, 2016, with Humana providing continued alternative health care
insurance through September 30,2015, finding such waiver to be in the best interest of the City;
and further, directing the Administration to issue an lnvitation to Negotiate (lTN) for the provision
of administrative services only for the City's self-insured health care program to be implemented
beginning October 1, 2016.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ day of 2015.
ATTEST:
Philip Levine, Mayor
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RAUL J. AGUILA, CITY ATTORNEY
TO: Mayor Philip Levine
Members of the City Gommission
Gity Manager Jimmy Morales
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
FRoM: city Attorney Raurt. eorilryi M t--
DATE: January 14,2015
SUBJECT:
SUBJEGT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 94-21382 CONCERNING COMMISSION
COMMITTEES, AND AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY
RESOLUTTON NOS. 97 -22607, 98-22693, 2003-25446, AND
2013.28437, BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH 1 TO REPLACE
THE FLOOD MITIGATION COMMITTEE WITH A
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENGY COMMITTEE.
At the request of Mayor Philip Levine, the City Attorney's Office has prepared the attached
Resolution amending the provisions for Commission Committees to provide for the
establishment of a Sustainability and Resiliency Committee to replace the Flood Mitigation
Committee.
The new Commission Committee will have a broader environmental focus and mission than the
existing Flood Mitigation Committee.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 94.21382 CONCERNING COMMISSION
COMMITTEES, AND AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY
RESOLUTTON NOS. 97 -22607, 98-22693, 2003-25446, AND
2013.28437, BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH 1 TO REPLACE
THE FLOOD MITIGATION COMMITTEE WITH A
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 94-21382, the City Commission established City
Commission Committees to examine facts and issues relating to matters relating to land use and
development, capital improvements and finance, and community issues; and
WHEREAS, over the years, various amendments have been made to Resolution No. 94-
21382 by Resolution Nos. 97-22607, 98-22693, 2003-25446, and 2013-28437 to amend the
provisions for City Commission Committees relative to membership participation, purpose, the
selection of chairpersons and vice chairpersons, and the calling and holding of meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission wish to replace the Flood Mitigation Committee
with a Sustainability and Resiliency Committee which will more broadly address issues related to
general environmental improvement trends, sustainable development, and green initiatives.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY GOMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEAGH, FLORIDA, as follows:
l. Paragraph 1 of Resolution No. 94-21382, as subsequently amended by Resolution
Nos. 97-22607, 98-22693, 2003-25446, and 2013-28437 is hereby amended as
follows:
1. Four (4) Committees shall be established to examine in depth facts and
issues relating to matters in which the Mayor and City Commission may need
to act and to advise the Mayor and City Commission of their findings and
their recommendations relating to those matters. The four (4) Committees
shall be as follows and shall generally have the following purposes:
a. the Land Use and Development Committee shall hear matters related
to planning and zoning issues and issues related to specific public
and/or private development projects;
b. the Finance and City-Wide Projects Committee shall hear issues
related to municipal finance and City-wide capital improvements
projects;
c. the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee shall address
issues related to the quality of life, including improvement programs
relating to the various neighborhoods throughout the City and shall
address issues of concern or interest to the Miami Beach community;
and
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the Sustainabilitv and
Resiliencv Committee shall address issues related to qeneral
environmental improvement trends. sustainable development, and
green initiatives.
Each Committee shall have three (3) voting members who shall be
comprised of members of the City Commission selected by the Mayor. ln
addition, each Committee shall have an alternate member selected by the
Mayor, provided, however, that the Mayor may serve as one of the three (3)
members of any Committee or may serve as the alternate member on any
Committee on which the Mayor does not serye as a member. ln the event
that one or more of the three (3) members comprising a specific Committee
are not present at a Committee meeting, the alternate member may
participate and vote on any issue before his or her designated committee
and may serye for purposes of establishing a quorum. lf the alternate
member is unable to serve, the Mayor may serve as the alternate member
(provided, however, that the Mayor is not already serving as a member, or
alternate member, of such Committee). Notwithstanding the above, City
Commission members who are not Committee members, or serving as an
alternate member in the place of an absent Committee member, may
participate in the discussion of any issue before any Committee.
The Mayor shall appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson for each
committee. The term of service for each chairperson or vice chairperson
shall be one year.
Meetings shall be held when called by the chairperson, or in his /her
absence, by the vice chairperson and shall be held in the City Commission
Chambers unless the chairperson o[, in his/her absence, the vice
chairperson determines that good cause exists for the holding of a meeting in
another location. ln addition, meetings shall be video and audio recorded
and shall be broadcast live on the Miami Beach cable channelorvideotaped
for posting on the City's website within a reasonable time following the
conclusion of the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mayor and City Commission reserve the right to assign
such other matters they may deem appropriate, to be addressed by one or all of the aforestated
Committees.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 2015.
ATTEST:
Philip Levine, Mayor
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TO: Jimmy L. Moroles, City Monoger
FROM: Joy V. W. Molokoff, Commissioner
DATE: Jonuory .l3,2015
SUBJECT: Request for o Discussion regording the Completion of the Centrol Boyshore
Areo Storm Woter ond Roodwoys Construction for Referrol to the next
Lond Use ond Development Boord Meeting
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Philip Levine
Members of the City Commission
City Manager Jimmy Morales
FRoM: ::^::.T^;W
DATE: January 12,2015
SUBJECT: Closed Attorney-Client Session
Pursuant to $286.01 1 , Florida Statutes, the City Attorney hereby advises the Mayor and
City Commission that he desires advice concerning the following pending litigation
matter:
Miami Beach Community Church. lnc., and South Beach Tristar, LLC v.
Citv of Miami Beach and Miami Desiqn Preseruation Leaque. lnc.
Case No.: 14-473 AP
Lower Tribunal Case No: HPSM 14-003
HPB File No.:7424
Therefore, a private closed Attorney-Client Session will be held during the lunch recess
of the City Commission meeting on Wednesday, January 14,201s at 12:00 p.m., or
as soon as possible thereafter, in the City Attorney's Large Conference Room, Fourth
Floor, City Hall to discuss settlement negotiations and/or strategy related to litigation
expenditures with regard to the above-referenced litigation matters.
The following individuals will be in attendance: Mayor Philip Levine; Members of the
City Commission: Micky Steinberg, Joy Malakoff, MichaelGrieco, Edward Tobin, Deede
Weithorn and Jonah Wolfson; City Manager Jimmy Morales, CityAttorney RaulAguila
and Deputy City Attorney Eve A. Boutsis.
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Commission Memorandum
January 12,2015
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The subject matter of the meeting shall be confined to settlement negotiations or
strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. The entire session shall be
recorded by a certified court reporter documenting the start and termination of the
session, all discussions and proceedings, the names of all persons present and the
names of all persons speaking. No portion of the session shall be off the record. The
transcript shall be made part of the public record upon conclusion of the litigation.
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