The five-year legal battle pitting Palm Beach County against one of its biggest cities, Palm Beach Gardens, is back on again.
After a mediator announced in February that a settlement appeared close, Palm Beach County commissioners met in closed session March 10 to go over the terms.
Yes, but: Commissioners rejected the deal.
- The next day, county attorneys told the court: “Mediation has reached an impasse.”
What that means: The two government agencies, warring since 2021, are headed to trial as early as June, pending Circuit Court Judge James Sherman’s ruling on motions from both sides to end the case without a trial…