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McPherson County hires outside counsel to respond to PUC discovery; commission to request extension
Summary
The McPherson County Commission voted to hire attorney Brian Jordy on a limited basis at $200 per hour to help respond to interrogatories tied to a county ordinance and potential Public Utilities Commission proceedings and authorized staff to request an extension from the PUC.
The McPherson County Commission voted to hire attorney Brian Jordy on a limited basis at $200 per hour to help draft responses and objections to discovery questions tied to a county ordinance and an anticipated Public Utilities Commission (PUC) proceeding.
The move, approved by motion, comes after Jordy told the commission many of the PUC interrogatories are objectionable and urged the county to seek a short scheduling extension while counsel narrows which requests must be answered and which should be objected to.
Jordy advised commissioners that discovery responses should be filtered: counsel should first identify requests that are plainly objectionable, then flag a smaller set of legitimately answerable questions for the county…
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