Legal Services

The vendor required to provide legal advice and counsel to the town manager and town council on a variety of matters pertaining to all aspects of municipal government in a clear, concise, effective and responsible manner, understandable by lay people who may not be familiar with the legal complexities of specific situations.
- Requirement:
1. Contracts, bid documents and compliance
•    Review draft contracts
•    Compliance issues
•    Inter town agreements
2. Laws, ordinances and regulations
•    Review and enforcement
•    Compliance with state and federal laws
•    Health code
•    Interpretation
•    Review draft regulations
3. Boards and commissions
•    Attendance at meetings
•    Resolutions
•    Legal opinions
4. Municipal day-to-day
•    Operations
•    Liability issues
•    Police department items
•    Legal opinions
•    Document review and legal opinion
5. Human services area
•    Landlord and tenant
•    Moderate price housing
•    Conservator program
•    Juvenile review board
6. Town property issues
•    Review of deeds and easements
•    Questions regarding individual situations
•    Roads and right of ways
7. Financial
•    Auditors
•    Grants
•    Compliance
•    User charge and assessment
•    Billing
•    Tax abatement
•    Foreclosure and tax sales
•    Assessment appeals.

- Contract Period/Term: 2 years