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Council begins policy conversation on when and how members use city attorney resources
Summary
Council debated whether to standardize how individual members contact the city attorney after an invoice entry raised questions about billing narratives and privileges; council directed staff to research policy options and whether a closed-session review of the specific invoice is warranted.
Council members spent substantial time discussing a staff-requested item about the appropriate use of city attorney office time and whether contacts and related billing narratives should be standardized.
The city attorney opened the item noting the purpose was to discuss policy rather than privileged billing details. "Just a reminder to the council that, the primary objective of the item is to discuss policy matters, and not get…
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