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Ione council pauses proposed ban on direct council contact with city attorney after heated debate over legal bills
Summary
Councilmembers and residents clashed over a draft resolution to restrict councilmember contact with the city attorney after the mayor flagged rising legal invoices. Instead of adopting the draft, the council directed members to develop an alternative plan to reduce billable attorney correspondence.
The Ione City Council on Nov. 4 debated a proposed resolution that would limit how councilmembers contact the city attorney, prompted by concerns over escalating legal fees.
The proposal, explained by City Attorney Vrinsky, would steer most legal inquiries through the mayor and the city manager and allow direct contact only in two narrow circumstances: advice about personal conflicts of interest and suspected criminal conduct. "What this resolution would do is further clarify and restrict how council members would contact the city attorney," Vrinsky said during his…
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