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Commission debates village attorney’s requested raise; majority balk at $75,000 increase
Summary
Village attorney’s firm asked for a substantial fee increase; commissioners disagreed over the size of the raise, debated issuing an RFQ, and coalesced around a lower counteroffer (about $125,000) for staff to present to the firm at the second reading.
The commission spent a sustained portion of the Sept. 9 hearing discussing a request from the village attorney’s firm for an increase in its contract budget. According to the manager’s summary, the firm asked for an increase that would raise the budgeted legal services from roughly $100,000 toward $175,000.
Several commissioners objected to a $75,000 jump. One commissioner said the request was excessive and urged going to an…
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