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Golf Manor council presses for clearer reporting after spike in solicitor bills
Summary
Councilors pressed the village solicitor for more transparent billing after the mayor flagged a large January legal bill; the solicitor described retainer terms and gave a raw March '26 pre-bill of $12,933, and council asked for periodic narrative breakdowns and weekly or monthly reports to monitor outside-the-retainer charges.
Councilors spent a large portion of the April 21 meeting pressing for clearer detail on legal billing and for options to control charges outside the solicitor retainer. The mayor told council that legal bills had spiked earlier in the year and said he had asked the solicitor to keep the mayor and finance chair informed about ongoing billing.
Village solicitor (speaker 2) described the contract structure: a monthly…
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