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Council hires Angel Law LLC as council attorney; city solicitor objects to contract form and warns of budget limits
Summary
The Cranston City Council voted Feb. 3 to engage Angel Law LLC and Stephen J. Angel as the council's attorney and litigation counsel, but the city solicitor said he would not approve the contract "as to form" without written changes tying compensation to the council's legal-services appropriation.
(Note: due to meeting transcript formatting, this article corrects a scrivener's error discussed during the meeting.)
The Cranston City Council voted Feb. 3 to engage Angel Law LLC and attorney Stephen J. Angel as legislative counsel and litigation counsel for the council. The contract covers the council's legal needs in matters where the interests of the legislative branch diverge from the executive branch and includes a flat monthly fee with additional hourly rates for conflict or litigation work that the council must authorize by majority vote.
During several hours of discussion in the finance committee and on the council floor, the city solicitor told members he would not "approve this as to form" because the draft did not tie the proposed compensation to the council's existing budget appropriation for legal services. The solicitor said the council currently had a $42,000 line item for…
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