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Commissioners approve three legal bills, total amounts recorded in meeting notes
Summary
County commissioners approved payments to three law firms for recent legal matters: Jackson Murdo ($20,535), Garlington, Lohn & Robinson ($7,514), and a Freyer Associates invoice whose amount was garbled in the transcript and requires verification.
Lincoln County commissioners voted to approve three accounts for legal services at their meeting. County staff presented invoices related to prior months' work and the board moved to authorize payment.
County staff summarized the largest claim as "the grand total is $20,535," for a Jackson Murdo matter involving a selenium issue with invoices stretching back to June and October. A commissioner moved to pay the Jackson Murdo claim and the motion passed on a voice vote, with at least one board member recorded as opposed.
The board also approved a $7,514 claim from the law firm Garlington, Lohn & Robinson for planning and lakeshore-related legal work. Finally, a Freyer Associates invoice related to land-acquisition work for the shooting range, Troy airport and the Yak community center was approved; the transcript records the amount as "6,70.50," which is garbled in the record and requires verification in the county's official billing documents.
There were no public comments on these claims during the meeting. The board proceeded by motion and voice vote; individual vote tallies and the name(s) of dissenting member(s) were not recorded in the transcript.
County staff indicated these matters have been discussed previously and that billing issues arose partly because some invoices were not delivered to the correct internal address before being discovered and aggregated.
