CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Commission will discuss ongoing litigation during a Feb. 2 executive session.
The session, closed to the public, is estimated to begin at approximately 8 a.m. — before commissioners' regular, public board meeting — in the Okaloosa County Administrative Building's County Commission Conference Room, 1250 N. Eglin Parkway, Shalimar. It will last approximately 30 minutes.
Commissioners will discuss settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation in connection with the Department of Juvenile Justice and secure juvenile detention.
After the closed session, the board will reconvene in open session in the County Commission meeting room for its regular board meeting and to take action on this matter, if necessary.
County officials have been fighting the DJJ for reimbursement of the overcharges for housing youthful offenders from 2009 to 2013.
Commissioners plan to keep fighting for reimbursement of $3.1 million in overcharges.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa commissioners to discuss ongoing litigation