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Council debates rising legal bills and public‑records workload as warrants are reviewed
Summary
Council members pressed staff and the city attorney about a spike in legal invoices driven by voluminous public‑records requests, an ongoing investigation, and threatened litigation; the council approved pulled warrants after discussion and urged staff to explore ways to control costs.
The Ione City Council spent substantial time on Feb. 17 pressing the city attorney and staff for clarity after a month of unusually large legal invoices.
City attorney Josh told the council that a primary driver of higher costs has been voluminous public records requests and ongoing investigatory work. "We—e been getting a lot of record requests from different sources, some from the public, some from other government agencies that are ongoing and that we…
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