Gainesville Citizens Care, Inc. vs City of Gainesville
GC-CARE advocated to protect the public interest with regard to a 30 year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the City of Gainesville d/b/a Gainesville Regional Utilities and the limited liabilty corporation GREC. This $3 billion to $4 billion contract is the most expensive contract into which the City has ever entered.
In April of 2012 GC-Care filed suit to have the PPA declared void ab intio as a result of having been negotiated in violation of Florida’s Sunshine Law.
A mediated settlement agreement was reached with the City on December 20, 2012 the City Commission in a 4-3 vote accepted the mediated agreement.
The agreement, among other things, required the Gainesville City Commission to hold its first ever public workshop of the GREC contract.
Note on Abbreviations:
GC Care – Gainesville Citizens Care, Inc.
GRU – City of Gainesville dba Gainesville Regional Utility
GREC – Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, LLC
- First Amended Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief
- City Response to GC Care Suit
- Deposition of Robert Hunzinger, General Manager of GRU
- Deposition of Ed Regan, Assistant General Manager for Energy Supply of GRU
- Deposition of John Stanton, Assistant General Manager of GRU
- Deposition of Jo Beaty (GC Care)
- Deposition of Lee J. Price (GC-CARE)
- City Settlement Agreement – Signatures Redacted
- GREC Settlement Agreement – Signatures Redacted
Other Documents
- GC Care First Set of Interrogatories
- Discovery Demand of GC-Care
- Motion to Intervene
- Notice of Service of First Set of Interrogatories to GC Care
- Plaintiff Motion to Strike
- GREC First Set of Interrogatories to GC Care
- GREC First Request of Production of Documents to GC Care
- First Set of Interrogatories Completed for GC Care by Jo Beaty
- Pretrial Notice – Lawsuit to Invalidate GRU – GREC Contract
- GC Care First Request for Production
- Notice of Mediation Conference
- GRU Response to GC Care Request for Interrogatories
- Response to First Set of Interrogatories by GRU
- GRU Notice of Service to Interrogatories
- GRU Certificate of Attendance and Authority to Mediate – Hunzinger
- Denial of Continuance and Extension of Discovery
- Amended Notice of Mediation Conference
- Joint GRU and GREC Affidavits for Motion for Summary Judgment
- Joint Amended Motion for Final Summary Judgment by GRU and GREC
- Second Amended Notice of Hearing
- Joint Motion in Limine
- Exhibit 2 to Joint Motion in Limine
- City of Gainesville Agenda Review – Mediation Agreement
- Joint Supplemental Exhibit List of GRU and GREC