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Corporation counsel keeps outside counsel line at $60,000; says year-to-date legal spend far lower than some news reports
Summary
The county's corporation counsel outlined a $950,000 office budget and defended a $60,000 outside-counsel line, saying year-to-date outside legal spending is about $30,000 and disputing a local news claim of $100,000 spent. Supervisors approved the budget.
Kenosha County's corporation counsel told supervisors the office's 2026 budget request is just under $950,000 and that roughly $107,000 of that is discretionary spending under the counsel's control.
The office expects to operate with six staff (four attorneys and two support personnel) and said salaries account for about 64% of the total. The counsel requested…
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