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Citizen petition asks Binghamton to outsource corporation counsel; council signals committee review
Summary
A resident urged Binghamton City Council to replace its in-house corporation counsel with outside contracted law firms, citing potential savings and itemized billing; councilmembers said the idea requires more study and indicated it may return to committee.
A citizen petitioner on Monday urged the Binghamton City Council to put the city's corporation counsel work out to bid and replace the in-house, taxpayer-funded law office with contracted outside counsel.
The petitioner, introduced in the meeting as John Solak and identified as the sponsor of citizen-requested RL25-03, said, "The city of Binghamton is the only municipality other than the county that has an in house taxpayer funded law firm. The only 1." He argued that surrounding towns and villages rely…
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