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Council orders review of a decade of outside legal invoices after members raise questions about costs and billing
Summary
Councilmembers spent an extended portion of the workshop scrutinizing legal invoices from multiple firms (several firms and invoice amounts were cited) and directed staff to compile case-level billing and explain certain charges; staff agreed to audit attorney invoices and return with a report and a potential closed-session update from counsel.
Councilmembers on July 8 devoted substantial time to reviewing payments for outside legal services and requested an itemized, case-level audit of attorney invoices spanning several years.
Multiple council members and staff discussed invoices and payments to law firms and outside counsel. Items cited in the meeting included six-month invoice totals and multi-year aggregates: Liebert, Cassidy & Whitmore (LCW) invoices totaling roughly $275,002.89 for six months; Chapman invoices (cited amounts near $40,000 in the…
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