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Commissioners approve retaining county counsel at discounted fee and plan riverboat appropriation to cover costs
Summary
The board agreed to retain outside counsel after a lawyer offered a 10% discount on outstanding fees and discussed using riverboat fund distributions to cover the payment; commissioners authorized advertising an additional appropriation and will finalize payments at a future meeting.
Commissioners moved to retain outside counsel after the county received an email offering a fee reduction.
Speaker 1 reported that "he's willing to, take a 10% cut on his bill, which would reduce it to $60,209.55," and recommended the county continue to retain Mr. Champion's firm. The board discussed how attorney and lobbyist fees had been handled in past riverboat distributions and the need to plan future distributions with those deductions in mind.
Speaker 2 said the county must pay a $19,000 riverboat distribution to the park board this quarter and suggested bringing an additional appropriation request to the November agenda to cover the counsel payment while monitoring the riverboat balance.
Commissioners asked staff to advertise the additional appropriation so required public‑notice timelines will be met; the item will return for formal appropriation and payment at the next meeting.
No roll‑call vote with member names was recorded in the transcript for the consultant retention; the audio records general agreement to proceed and direction to prepare appropriation paperwork.
