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Tangipahoa Parish special fire board votes 6-3 to hire lawyer after members debate scope of lawsuit
Summary
At a Oct. 14 special meeting the Tangipahoa Parish special fire board voted 6-3 to hire attorney Glenn Galbraith to represent the board in a lawsuit. Some members said counsel was unnecessary if the dispute involved only a 2% allocation to fire departments; others argued outside counsel was needed given unspecified additional issues in the filing.
The Tangipahoa Parish special fire board voted 6-3 on Oct. 14 to hire attorney Glenn Galbraith to represent the board in a lawsuit, the board said at a special meeting.
The vote followed a short discussion during which board members said they had been served with a lawsuit and disagreed about whether to retain outside counsel. The presiding officer recommended hiring Galbraith because the matter "is HR related," and a motion to hire him was made and seconded before the roll-call vote.
The dispute discussed at the meeting included a referenced "2%" allocation that several members said "stays with the fire departments" based on guidance from the attorney general and prior…
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