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Village attorney asks commission to raise flat legal fee to $14,583 a month
Summary
Village attorney Brad told commissioners the firm’s flat-rate contract — currently $8,333 per month — no longer covers increased workload and asked the panel to consider raising the fee to $14,583. The finance director said the budget could absorb a higher amount but asked for market comparables before the first reading.
Brad, the village attorney, asked the commission at the Aug. 26 budget workshop to consider raising the flat monthly legal fee for the firm that serves the Village of Biscayne Park.
The firm’s current flat fee is $8,333 per month (about $99,996 annually), Brad said, and over a 10‑month look-back the village effectively has been paying what equated to $93.04 per hour in billable time. He proposed raising the monthly flat fee to $14,583.33 — an…
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