Legal Services

The vendor is required to provide legal services for the City and its various departments.
- Legal representation for the mayor and council, staff, and boards and committees, the town attorney shall perform the following functions:
- Performs legal research, fieldwork, and other work and communicates the results to the appropriate person.
- Negotiates, reviews, and prepares contracts, agreements, and conveyances, such as service agreements, lease agreements, franchise agreements, easements, purchase contracts, cemetery deeds, and other legal documents on behalf of the town.
- Reviews, analyzes, drafts, and revises ordinances, policies, manuals, and other memoranda for the town and its various departments to ensure they are coherent, enforceable, and consistent with state and federal law; advises the town council, the town manager, and the town departments when revisions and changes need to be made.
- Researches, interprets, and applies laws, court decisions, and other legal authority in the preparation of opinions and briefs; prepares formal legal opinions upon request of the mayor and council and the town manager.
- Drafts or supervises drafting of ordinances and resolutions for the mayor and council, explains the foregoing to the mayor and council, and answers questions related thereto.
- Analyzes legislation including proposed state and federal legislation affecting the town.
- Engages in litigation-related matters including drafting, discovery, court attendance, mediation, investigation, hearings and trials, and similar activities.
- Prepares for and attends the council meetings, board of adjustment meetings, and other boards and committee meetings of the town.
- Supervises acquisition of real property interests for the town to include title review, interdepartmental communication, negotiations, and litigation.
- Performs other such duties as may be required by virtue of this position as town attorney and as directed by town council.
- Statement of qualification and resources of the firm/individual, including governmental experience to include description of areas of expertise or relevant experience that may benefit the town.
- Statement of interest in providing service to the town.
- Indication of ability to provide timely and efficient service to the town, including a specification of how many hours per week could be devoted solely to town business.
- Suggested contractual terms to include hourly rates.
- Other factors or information thought to be important to the town in considering the proposal.