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Council moves annual Landscaping and Lighting District assessments to public hearing after debate over $14,840 legal bill
Summary
City staff presented updated engineer reports for five LLMDs and disclosed $14,840 in legal fees related to report revisions; council moved the matter to a July public hearing after residents and some council members questioned whether consultants should bear cleanup costs and how assessments should be apportioned.
The Escalon City Council opened the annual introduction for five Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Districts (LLMDs), reviewed updated engineer reports prepared by Harris & Associates and voted to move the item to a public hearing on July 21 for formal adoption.
Staff explained the reports were revised to correct verbiage and update actuals; the changes prompted legal review and $14,840 in legal fees, billed at $380 per hour, which staff said were incurred to resolve procedural and noticing questions and to ensure the reports complied with applicable law. The legal fees were allocated across the LLMDs in the engineer's report.
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