Agenda Date: 10/04/2016
Subject:
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A resolution appointing an acting city attorney, approving a legal services agreement and increasing the hours of the assistant city attorney
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Presented By:
Mark Relph, Acting City Manager
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support appointing Ken Fellman of Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. as the acting city attorney, approving a Legal Services Agreement, and increasing the hours of the assistant city attorney?
BACKGROUND:
City council is beginning a search for a new city attorney. There is a need for an acting city attorney to be appointed during the search period.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
As Acting City Attorney, Ken Fellman will be responsible for the supervision and management of the legal affairs of the city. He (or another attorney from Kissinger & Fellman) will attend council and planning board meetings and will provide office hours on a part-time basis, generally on Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings or afternoons, and Thursday afternoons. He will also be responsible for supervising the Assistant City Attorney, Prosecutor and administrative assistants.
The current Assistant City Attorney is a part-time employee. At its September 27 study session, council expressed support for increasing the Assistant City Attorney's hours to full time during this interim period. Her responsibilities include legal research, contract drafting and review, open records requests, discovery requests, and serving as legal advisor at Licensing Authority, Board of Adjustment and Historic Preservation Board meetings.
Other attorneys that currently provide specialized legal services include Marni Nathan of Nathan, Dumm & Mayer (employment litigation); Andrew Ringel of Hall & Evans (litigation); Corey Hoffman (urban renewal); Ken Fellman (telecommunications); Eric Ziporin of Senter Goldfarb & Rice (land use litigation); Dan Brown of Fischer Brown Bartlett & Gunn (water) and Bernie Woessner of Nathan, Dumm & Mayer (worker's compensation).
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