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Redmond staff to revise municipal code to allow in‑house city attorney; item set for consent

2943529 · April 10, 2025
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City COO presented proposed amendments to Redmond Municipal Code chapter 2.36 to allow an in‑house city attorney, remove obsolete compensation sections, add gender‑neutral language and preserve ability to contract for outside legal expertise; committee approved placing the ordinance on next week’s consent agenda.

Council President Kritzker called the Redmond Finance, Administration and Communications Committee of the Whole to order Tuesday and introduced an item to revise Redmond Municipal Code chapter 2.36 to allow an in‑house city attorney.

COO Melissa Files told the committee that “council approved an in house city attorney during the last biennial budget” and that the existing chapter “is back from 1963 and has…

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