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Lincoln council approves resolution to add legal help after debate over workload
Summary
After public comments and staff testimony about heavy legal workload and outside-counsel costs, the Lincoln City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution directing staff to add assistance for the city attorney and to pursue a deputy/in‑house attorney role.
The Lincoln City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution to add assistance for the city attorney after residents and staff described the existing position as overburdened and costly when outsourced.
Public commenter identified in the transcript as Mr. Chapman argued the city attorney role has been “overweighted” and recommended removing code-enforcement duties so the city attorney could focus full time on legal work. Chapman said moving code enforcement elsewhere or assigning it to…
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