Subject:
Title
Appropriate Spending for the Town Attorney for FY 2025-26
Body
Date(s) of Prior Council Consideration of this Issue:
EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
The Town Attorney has a contract with the Town and a supplemental budget for additional invoiced legal fees and litigation related costs. The Town Attorney's contract and rates have only seen minor adjustments in the past several years and have lagged behind market rates. This year's budget includes a 4.7% increase to partially address appropriate rate increases in the "Legal Services" portion of the Legal Services Contract, as discussed in Budget and past contract discussions between the Council, Town Manager, and the Town Attorney.
The purpose of this agenda item is to appropriate the Town Attorney's fees including the supplemental account for fiscal year spending. These amounts have already been approved in the Budget and the Town has an existing legal services contract.
Departmental Recommendation: Recommend approval.
Finance Recommendation: Recommend approval.
Purchasing Recommendation: Recommend approval.
Town Attorney Recommendation: As part of the legal budgeting process over the past several years, the Town Attorney has suggested to the Town Council that rates and legal service expenditure costs should be adjusted incrementally to ensure the Town is closer to the market rate for legal services.
Town Manager's Recommendation: I recommend the Town Council approve the appropriation for legal services for fiscal year 2025-2026 to Briglia Hundley, PC, as presented.
Cost and Financing: $414,750
Account Number:
100-102-1021-11221-43102 - Legal Services $236,250
100-102-1021-11221-43113 - Prosecuting Services $105,000
100-102-1021-11221-43114 - Supplement Legal Services $ 73,500
Total $414,750
Decision Needed by This date: July 7, 2025
Prior Funding Approval: Annual General Budget (Year), Amendments, CIP Budget (Year), or ARPA. N/A
PROPOSED/SUGGESTED MOTION
Recommended Action
"I move to approve the appropriation for legal services for fiscal year 2025-26 totaling an amount not to exceed $414,750 to Briglia and Hundley, PC, in the accounts noted above.”
Or
Other action deemed necessary by Council.