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Board approves contract renewal with outside civil attorney to cover county civil workload
Summary
County attorney Scott Bennett asked the board to approve a contract renewal with attorney Kent Volkmar (and his firm) to provide civil legal services while the county’s civil attorney position is vacant; supervisors approved the contract for the 2025–26 period.
Graham County’s board approved a renewal of a contract to retain outside civil counsel to assist with the county’s civil workload while the county’s civil attorney position remains vacant.
County attorney Scott Bennett told supervisors the county had contracted last fiscal year with attorney Kent Volkmar — a former Pinal County attorney who operates a private firm and provides civil legal services and lobbying — and that Volkmar is willing to continue for the coming fiscal year. Bennett said the county’s single civil attorney left to join a private firm as a partner and that prosecutors are handling civil matters in the interim; the outside contract is intended to provide specialized civil support.
A supervisor moved to approve the agreement described in the meeting as with “Baltimore Law and lobbying” for 2025–26 (the transcript reference to the firm name appears in the motion); the board approved the contract by voice vote.
The county attorney requested the board’s approval to proceed with the agreement so staff would have civil specialization available while recruitment for the vacant position continues. No dollar amount for the contract was stated on the record in the transcript.
