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Commissioners question $48,000 invoice from solar consultant, direct staff to demand itemized billing
Summary
Commissioners said they had not been given a clear scope or rates before a consultant billed the county for work on solar project review and asked county staff to send a formal letter requesting detailed billing and logs before the county will pay.
Commissioners said on Dec. 18 they were surprised by a roughly $48,000 invoice from a solar consultant retained earlier in the project's review process and expressed concern about the lack of a clearly documented hourly rate or an explicit written engagement setting an agreed fee.
Multiple commissioners said the firm had been hired as a consultant but the contract or engagement letter on file did not show a specific hourly rate; a redacted engagement document provided with the packet listed the firm’s standard terms and a broad range of hourly rates but did not identify which lawyer or rate…
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