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Committee approves legal payment; OGC reports about $250,000 in attorney fees since 2017
Summary
The committee approved bill 2026-0097 resolving a legal matter; Tiffany Pinkstaff of the Office of General Counsel told the committee attorney fees since pre-suit in late 2017 total about $250,000. The bill passed on recorded vote (six yays, zero nays).
The Neighborhoods committee on March 2 approved bill 2026-0097, a legal payment tied to a longstanding site dispute. Council members asked for context about total legal costs incurred; Tiffany Pinkstaff of the Office of General Counsel said the city’s attorney fees from pre-suit in late 2017 and early 2018 through the present total about $250,000.
Council members noted the difficulty of litigation costs and the potential for high legal expenses; one member said closing the matter "closes the book" on the dispute. The bill was approved on the recorded vote shown in committee (six yays, zero nays).
