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Boone County council rejects adding in-house county attorney to agenda
Summary
A motion to add discussion and approval of an in-house county attorney position to today’s agenda failed on a 2–5 roll-call vote after council members debated potential cost savings and service scope.
A motion to add an in-house county attorney position to the Boone County Council agenda failed by roll call after debate over timing, costs and scope.
Councilmember Dan Lamar moved to place the proposed in-house counsel job description on old business for discussion and a vote, arguing the county could save money by hiring an in-house attorney instead of repeatedly paying outside counsel. “The reason I’m adding this is I think it’s important for us to do this,” Lamar said during the meeting. He said delaying the decision another month could cost the county “at least $10,000” for imminent-domain and other outside-counsel work.
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