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Committee votes to post full-time city attorney position; job description approved with edits

5394805 · July 15, 2025
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The committee voted to approve filling a full-time city attorney position and approved a revised job description with edits (change to preferred 10 years' experience and addition of bar membership/license language). The current outside city attorney offered to remain as special counsel during transition.

The committee voted to authorize the city to post and fill a full-time city attorney position and approved a revised job description with two changes: make 10 years of municipal legal experience a preferred qualification rather than an absolute minimum, and add explicit license/membership language under certificates and registrations. Committee members discussed cost comparisons with outside counsel, transition planning and whether the current long-serving contract attorney would remain involved. The director of…

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