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County attorney highlights reassessment workload and outside-counsel costs in FY26 law office budget
Summary
County Attorney Aaron Goldstein told council the Office of Law faces increasing work from the countywide property reassessment and that outside counsel costs are difficult to forecast; he proposed tighter invoicing guidelines and noted the office has remained at the same headcount since FY2020.
Aaron Goldstein, New Castle County attorney, presented the Office of Law9s FY26 budget and said the office faces a significant workload from the county9s real property reassessment, including representation for property-assessment appeals and related litigation.
Goldstein told council the reassessment work has created large volumes of new legal work that require resources and careful budgeting for outside counsel. He said the law office9s headcount has remained static for seven budget cycles and that the office plans to adopt mandatory outside-counsel…
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