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Members vote to retain George Hyde and Hyde Kelly LLP as legal counsel
Summary
At a local board meeting, members voted to retain George Hyde and Hyde Kelly LLP as legal counsel, citing Hyde's experience with economic development clients and a lower hourly rate compared with prior outside counsel.
At a meeting of the local board, members voted to retain George Hyde and Hyde Kelly LLP as the board's legal counsel after a brief discussion of experience and cost.
Speaker 1 said Hyde represents several economic development corporations and noted the firm charges a lower hourly rate than attorneys the board has used previously. Speaker 1 said the last attorney the board used billed $250 per hour and cited another outside attorney with a $350 hourly rate; Speaker 1 added, "He's $50 an hour cheaper than who we've been using." The speaker said they had discussed Hyde's work with the city and were impressed with his performance.
Speaker 1 made the motion to retain Hyde and his firm; a second was recorded as "mister Westbrook" and members voted in favor. Speaker 1 announced, "Motion carries." No formal vote tally with member-by-member votes was recorded in the transcript.
The discussion made clear the board considered cost and prior experience with economic development agreements in choosing legal representation. Speaker 1 said there was no need for an executive session on the matter.
The measure takes effect immediately as a board direction to engage Hyde and Hyde Kelly LLP; details of any contract, hourly rate actually agreed, or written engagement terms were not specified in the transcript.
