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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br />Agenda Date Requested: April 14, 2018 Appropriation <br />Requested By: Councilmember Danny Earp Source of Funds: <br /> <br />Department: CMO Acct Number: <br />Report: X Resolution: Ordinance: _ Amount Budgeted: <br />Exhibits: _ ____________ Amount Requested: <br /> <br /> _________________________________ Budgeted Item: YES NO <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />This item is requested by Councilmember Danny Earp. <br />Most of our legal work is done by our Assistant City Attorney, a title which was never officially designated. For his services, the <br />City pays $95/hour for work done as our prosecutor and $155/hour for City Attorney work. For fiscal year 2016-2017 the City <br />paid $131,279.90 in total for legal services, this is made up of 490 hours for regular City Attorney work and 582 hours for <br />Prosecutor services. Also, the City provides health insurance coverage at a cost to the City for the City Attorney and Assistant <br />City Attorney, which is estimated to cost $20,844 per year. <br />Staff feels the City has three options: <br />1. Leave our situation as is. <br />2. Find a new City Attorney and/or Prosecutor to pay hourly. <br />3. Find a new City Attorney and bring in house. <br />Should Council choose to move forward with anything other than status quo, I suggest that staff prepare a RFQ to solicit <br />response from area attorneys interested in being City Attorney or City Prosecutor or both. Council could then interview and <br />make final selection. This process would need to be started as soon as possible, so that we could budget for any cost increases. <br />Action Required by Council: <br />Discuss the option(s) of which direction staff should take as it relates to the position of City Attorney. <br />Approved for City Council Agenda <br />____________________________________ _______________________ <br />Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date <br /> <br />