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Trustees debate use of outside counsel after invoices total about $52,700 over 17 months
Summary
Board members raised questions about the board’s use of outside legal counsel and the level of information shared with trustees. Trustee Rebecca Fox said invoices show substantial billing for counsel and asked for greater transparency; others said outside counsel serves a distinct legal role and hourly billing varies.
Trustees spent a substantial portion of Monday night’s meeting debating the board’s use of outside counsel after trustee Rebecca Fox requested a discussion of frequency and cost.
Fox said she and two other trustees followed board procedures to place the item on the agenda but were surprised to find it scheduled as a closed-session item; she said she did not intend to discuss privileged matters but wanted transparency about money the district has paid to outside counsel. "Our ongoing relationship with the external lawyer and the value for the taxpayer money expended thus far," Fox said,…
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