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City solicitor warns of rising outside‑counsel costs, legal‑subscription needs and environmental litigation exposure
Summary
City Solicitor Eric Jakes told the council the solicitor’s office is seeing growing outside‑counsel costs, pressure to restore legal research subscriptions and intensive environmental and cleanup litigation (including AVX and a water‑treatment plant dispute) that will continue to demand resources.
City Solicitor Eric Jakes told councilors on May 27 that the solicitor’s office has handled large caseloads and faces rising costs for outside counsel and legal research subscriptions. Jakes said the office received 804 public‑records requests through the fiscal year to date and has handled hundreds of contracts, change orders and RFP reviews.
“We have received 804 public records requests,” Jakes said, citing the time burden and noting the office’s average response time. He asked the council to restore…
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