Special Board Meeting to approve three Settlement Offers in the MTBE Litigation totaling $111,720. The three defendants in the case requested all plaintiffs timely accept the offer. Due to Board Policy No. 510-01 delegating authority to the General Manager to settle litigation for amounts up to $50,000, Board approval of the settlement offer was required. Since the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors is not scheduled until December 14, 2009, a special meeting of the Board was convened via a telephone conference call. The Board unanimously approved the settlements in the amount of $111,720 in the Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MBTE) Products Liability Litigation, Tampa Bay Water v. Amerada Hess Corp. et al, United States District Court Southern District of New York, Master File C.A. No. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358 (SAS), M21-88.