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Apopka council debates cost of outside attorneys; staff to explore hiring in-house counsel
5343145 · July 10, 2025
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Summary
Council members questioned rising legal fees and asked staff to examine bringing legal services in-house after staff projected increasing outside legal costs.
Council members pressed staff on the city—osts for outside legal services and whether an in-house city attorney would save money. Commissioner Smith asked whether the council had analyzed the cost of maintaining an "in house council that's on salary versus having a la carte" outside attorneys and said hiring in-house could "save us a couple 100,000." Grama…
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