| AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Consider a Resolution making appointment to the office of City Attorney and approving compensation for said position.
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Current City Attorney Andrew J. Whalen, III, presented a service agreement to cover calendar years 2016 and 2017. Per the Charter of the City of Griffin, Sec. 3.4 City Attorney, there shall be appointed by the Commission a City Attorney who shall hold office and serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The City Attorney shall be a member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing, having at lease five years of experience in the practice of law and familiarity in the field of municipal law. The City Attorney shall perform the duties of chief legal officer of a municipal corporation, whose duties shall also include prosecution and defense of legal actions brought in the name of or filed against the City, its officers, and its employees in any court; code enforcement and abatement of public nuisances; drafting and review of ordinances; contracts and other legal documents; general council to the Commission and City Manager; and legal oversight over operations of the City, its departments and its utilities. The commission shall fix the compensation for the office and determine, by ordinance or contract, whether the officer shall be full time or part time; provided, however, that the city attorney shall at all times be subject to the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. The City Attorney may be removed from office at any time, without cause or notice, upon the affirmative vote of al least four (4) members of the commission.
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City Attorney position is budgeted in FY 17 (through December 31, 2017) at $10,000 per month, and this amount correctly reflects the current contract amount through December 2017. With the addition of a Staff Attorney, this agreement should be re-negotiated in January 2018. | | | |