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City solicitor urges in‑house counsel hire; council debates assistant post and budget placement
Summary
The acting city solicitor told the council the FY2026 legal budget includes funds to backfill a vacant assistant solicitor post and recommended against creating a satellite solicitor for individual departments. Councilors questioned placement of a part‑time police-facing attorney in the mayor's proposed budget and asked for a formal contract step
The city's legal department asked the council to approve funding that would allow hiring an experienced in‑house assistant solicitor and to keep legal services centralized rather than creating a department-specific solicitor.
The acting city solicitor told councilors the department has been operating short-staffed since the prior solicitor's contract was not renewed and that some litigation-related…
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