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Council reviews proposed rules for legal counsel access and training/travel budget allocation
Summary
Council discussed a proposed policy to standardize how council members engage outside legal counsel and reviewed options to allocate training/travel funds per councilmember. No policy was adopted; staff will circulate a draft policy and a detailed budget breakdown for council comment.
Council held two governance items on Jan. 28: a staff proposal to formalize how council members engage the city’s outside legal counsel, and a review of council training and travel expenditures and possible per‑member allocations.
Legal access proposal: Staff presented a draft policy to require better tracking and sharing of legal inquiries made by individual council members and to suggest per‑member fee limits or PIN allocations to…
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