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Boone County Health Board votes to obtain legal opinions after commissioners question outside counsel contract
Summary
After county commissioners suspended payment under a new contract for outside legal services, the Boone County Health Board voted to obtain formal legal opinions to clarify who may approve health department contracts and who controls spending for attorney services.
Boone County Health Board member John Casey said the board will seek formal legal opinions after county commissioners moved to invalidate a contract the board had entered for outside legal services. The board voted to authorize obtaining legal opinions on the scope of the commissioners’ authority and the board’s authority to hire counsel.
The move followed a June 16 county commissioners meeting in which commissioners raised concerns about a contract the health board had with an outside attorney. “If the commissioners, in fact, have the right to invalidate a contract that we enter into with an attorney to provide legal services for the board … they have a right to choose the attorney that the health department would be using,” John Casey told the board, describing the commissioners’ action and the need for clarification.
Why it matters: The question affects who can lawfully enter and fund contracts for the…
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