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Council and parish attorneys agree to streamline requests after missed meeting appearance
Summary
A dispute over a missed legal-attorney appearance at an ordinance committee meeting prompted a council discussion of access, billing and a new protocol: council requests for legal advice will be routed through administration (clerks/clearinghouse) and scheduled on a shared calendar to reduce missed meetings and duplicate work.
A scheduling dispute that left council members and visiting school-board officials without parish legal counsel at an ordinance committee meeting prompted a broader discussion Thursday about how council members request and receive legal advice from outside counsel.
Councilman Shavers criticized an attorney's absence at a committee meeting where school-board representatives had been invited to discuss school-impact studies. Attorney Steve Irving, who represents the council under contract, apologized and said the firm had been asked not to attend that night in a separate communication. Parish…
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