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Council votes to appoint town attorney to report to council, directs staff to return with hiring process
Summary
Ordinance O25-08 passed 7-0 to change the town code so the town attorney (legal services director) will be appointed by and report to the Town Council; council asked HR and the manager to return with a magistrate-style hiring process and job description at the next meeting.
The Oro Valley Town Council on Oct. 1 voted unanimously to change the town’s organizational structure so the town attorney (legal services director) will be appointed by and report to the Town Council rather than to the town manager.
Vice Mayor Barrett moved to approve ordinance O25-08 to effect the code change; Councilmember Murphy seconded. The motion, which passed 7-0, directs the human resources director and town manager to return at the council’s next regular meeting with a proposed hiring process "similar to that used for the town magistrate" that…
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