DAYTONA BEACH — Talk at Daytona Beach City Hall on Tuesday turned to beds and a naughty coed-slumber party as a picture of a steel cage flashed on screens while the city cracked its figurative whip down on Minglers swingers club.

Special Magistrate David Vukelja found that Minglers had not complied with his two orders: One included to stop operating as a bottle club or nightclub and the other to stop advertising events. Vukelja issued a fine of $100 per day on each violation, going back to Sept. 17 on the first and Oct. 6 on the second. The cap on each of those fines is $20,000. He also fined issued a one-time fee of $250 because it lacked a business tax receipt.

That added up to $9,200 as of Tuesday. But the fines ultimately will be levied against the landlord, William Dennison Sr.

The city has also filed a lawsuit seeking to close the club which is a mere two blocks from City Hall at 500 S. Ridgewood Ave., in a building which previously housed a church.

Assistant City Attorney Anthony Jackson had asked for fines of $250 a day. Vukelja said that if the violations continue, he might increase the fines.

But Minglers had come into compliance with the city’s demands, said Brett Hartley, an attorney representing Wes Amos, who owns the club. Amos was present at the hearing but did not testify. Hartley said he may challenge the magistrate's decision in court.

“The city’s position is to take the smallest kernel of questionable fact and try to spin it into something that it’s not,” Hartley said.

Hartley said he also represents Dennison. He said Amos ultimately wants to buy the building from Dennison.

One of the issues Hartley took exception to is testimony from Jason Jeffries, the city’s redevelopment project manager. Jeffries said that while Minglers had removed beds from rooms it had simply stored the beds in other rooms. Jeffries said the beds should have been taken off the property entirely. Hartley said there was no requirement saying the beds had to be removed entirely and it was a large building with plenty of storage room.

Jeffries also said the city was denied access to the top floor on the building. Hartley said that floor was being used as a private residence. Jeffries replied it had not been approved by the city as a private residence.

As Jeffries testified pictures from the city's file on Minglers scrolled across the screen, including one of a large steel cage containing a figure like the ghost from the movie "Scream."

Daytona Beach police detective Timothy Ehrenkaufer testified he found that Minglers was still advertising on the Internet, including an event for a naughty coed slumber party.

Under questioning by Hartley, Ehrenkaufer said the event was advertised for July 12, which was before the initial hearing Sept. 13 on Minglers. But the detective said other events were being advertised into January. Hartley said the detective found those on a Canadian website which Amos has no control over.

Three other Daytona Beach police officers testified that they drove by Minglers on different nights and spotted cars in the parking lot and strobe lights emanating from the building.

Officer Angelica Sylvester said she drove by around midnight Oct. 15 and saw about 12 cars in the parking lot. She said she didn’t hear music but did see lights.

“I didn’t see anybody dancing," Sylvester said. "I just saw lights which is normally the kind of lights at a nightclub, but I didn’t see anything other than that."