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Committee approves risk‑management contract increase and hears concerns about long-running legal settlements
Summary
The committee approved an administrative recommendation to increase a risk-management legal contract for appellate and reverse-conviction work and members questioned the pace and cumulative costs of settlements and indemnifications across city litigation.
The Internal Operations Standing Committee approved a recommendation to increase a risk-management contract with Plunkett Cooney, PC by $507,000 on May 7 to cover appellate and reverse-conviction matters. Committee members also discussed the volume and multi-year nature of litigation and indemnification requests the city is handling.
Attorney Graham Anderson…
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