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Council approves final invoice to prior town attorney amid questions over outside contacts and billing; town attorney urges single legal conduit
Summary
The Town Council approved payment of outstanding invoices to prior counsel on Sept. 3 while expressing concern about line-item charges and direct council contacts with outside counsel; the town attorney instructed council members to route outside-legal requests through his office going forward.
At the Sept. 3 meeting the Town Council voted to approve payment of outstanding invoices from the town's former outside counsel (invoice list dated through Aug. 11, total $11,183.10 on the presented bill list). A motion to pay the bills passed by a 4–1 vote after councilors debated whether to delay payment pending clarification of specific billed entries.
Several council members asked for item-by-item clarification of billing lines that show contacts with council members on various dates in July, requesting that the invoices identify…
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