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Board questions rising legal costs, two board attorneys and in‑meeting counsel coverage
Summary
Board members reviewed a decade of legal spending, noted current annual board-attorney outlays and discussed whether to maintain two board-appointed attorneys as litigation activity winds down.
Board members discussed legal-services spending and the district’s current use of multiple attorneys during the Feb. 4 working session, with staff reporting increased board-attorney expenses over recent years.
A staff presentation showed that routine board-attorney spending runs roughly $70,000 to $75,000 in the current budget item and that, if recent higher spending continues, that line could reach “close to over $200,000” for the fiscal year. The presenters confirmed that legal costs covered by liability insurance (insurance-appointed counsel and settled insurance claims) are accounted for separately and do not appear in the board-attorney line…
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