HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Additional funding for prosecution assistance for Legal Department RESOLUTION NO. 17461
RESOLUTION APPROVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROSECUTION
ASSISTANCE FOR LEGAL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS, while the Legal Department was short staffed during 2016, the Council
approved funding for outside counsel to assist the Legal Department in completing its work; and,
WHEREAS, the Legal Department became fully staffed again earlier this year, but with the
recent retirement of the former City Attorney, the Legal Department is short staffed once again; and,
WHEREAS, outside counsel from the Coppola Law Firm of Des Moines has been hired to
assist with the City's criminal prosecutions, which is a time-consuming aspect of the Legal
Department's work; and,
WHEREAS, the funding that the Council had previously approved for criminal prosecutions
has $11,747.31 remaining in the purchase-order account, and the average amount of the bills for
these legal services has been approximately$7,100 per month; and,
WHEREAS, given the current staffing situation, the City Council is being asked to approve
$30,000 for the outside counsel handling criminal prosecutions; and,
WHEREAS, this amount should be enough to cover legal work needed through the end of
the year, by which time the Legal Department is expected to be fully staffed again.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the funding request of $30,000 for the Legal Department to hire outside counsel from the
Coppola Law Firm to assist with criminal prosecutions is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 25t' day of July, 2017.
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Diane R Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Betcher
Seconded by: Gartin
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: Nelson
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 25' day of July, 2017.