Council to Discuss City Attorney Issue
Grove City Council will take up the matter of "discussion and or action regarding request for proposals for city attorney services" at its Tuesday night meeting, to begin at 6 p.m. in City Hall.
Ron Cates, currrent city attorney, was hired by the previous city manager, Bill Galletly, and lives in Owasso. Councilman Larry Parham has indicated he wants to hire someone locally, who would not charge for mileage and bill for travel time hours; however Cates is generally regarded as one of the finest city attorney's in the state with his years of experience in Municipal Law.
Ron Cates, currrent city attorney, was hired by the previous city manager, Bill Galletly, and lives in Owasso. Councilman Larry Parham has indicated he wants to hire someone locally, who would not charge for mileage and bill for travel time hours; however Cates is generally regarded as one of the finest city attorney's in the state with his years of experience in Municipal Law.
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posted by Editor | 2:20 AM
2 Comments:
Jim, you make a valid statement about Ron Cates being one of the most knowledgeable municipal lawyers in the state.
It appears the mode of operation for the city will be do it cheap and pay for it later.
I do not recall seeing an agenda item calling for an 'executive session' to discuss the future of the city attorney. Looks like someone has been talking out of school and determined a course of action to replace Mr. Cates.
There have been too many cut and dried issues before the city council that took little or no time to resolve, which indicates to me that there has been come communication between council member and/or the city manager prior to the meetings..This is just my personal observation and it would be great if I am wrong, but I don't think so.
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