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City attorney outlines workload mix, risk management transfer and staffing plans
Summary
City Attorney Karen Kapatrik reported that the legal department handled just under 400 routed documents in 2024, spends the largest share of its time on general advice and contracts, and plans to strengthen risk management, succession planning and automation while seeking to refill an attorney position.
City Attorney Karen Kapatrik gave a year-in-review to the Tumwater City Council on April 8, summarizing the city attorney’s office workload, recent changes and plans for 2025.
Kapatrik said the department is approved for three full-time-equivalent positions and that the additional attorney position the council approved last year is vacant after a one-year tenure by the prior hire. “We are in the process of … reevaluat[ing] it,” she said, adding staff are considering whether to modify the job description before re-filling the role.
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