Shores Extends Tolling Agreement with GPYC

Following a brief closed door meeting Tuesday among the council members, interim city manager and city attorney, the council voted to extend .

The after the yacht club alleged they had been overbilled for a decade. The overcharging is alleged to have happened from 1997 to 2007. The tolling agreement .

Tuesday's decision extends the agreement another 120 days and will allow officials from both sides to review what attorney Mark McInerney said is new information recently presented to the Shores.

Officials from the Shores and the met last week, during which the yacht club officials presented information about why they believe their claim is valid and should be treated as such. McInerney said the theory presented is a new one and along with it, yacht club officials presented new information that Shores officials must consider.

McInerney shared the update during his monthly report to council explaining he wanted to let the public know a bit of information about the work going on behind the scenes but said the council would hear more detailed information during the closed session.

He also said he believes officials from the Shores and the yacht club want to be finished with the situation as soon as possible.

Mayor Ted Kedzierski abstained from voting as he is a member of the yacht club. The remainder of the council voted unanimously to extend the tolling agreement. The decision was the only official business the council took after the closed session.

The date the tolling agreement will expire is extended by another 120 days. The council voted earlier this year to extend it by another 90 days, which would have happened in the next several weeks. The extension will give officials more than six months to continue working on the claim to determine whether it is valid.