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City of Arts & Innovation City Council Memorandum IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 16, 2022 FROM: CITY ATTORNEY SUBJECT: OUTSIDE COUNSEL EXPENDITURE REPORT ISSUE: WARDS: ALL The issue for City Council consideration is the Outside Counsel Expenditure Report for the period of April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, as provided in the outside counsel policy approved by City Council on June 16, 2015. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council receives and files the attached report. BACKGROUND: In the continuing effort of transparency and accountability, City Council approved the City Attorney's recommendation of quarterly reporting of the outside counsel expenditures. This report includes the current spending for the prior quarter and the cumulative spending from inception of the matter grouped by law firm name. All closed matters are highlighted and will not be included in the next report. All law firms that are highlighted in orange will be removed from the attorney panel upon the specific matters) being completed. It should be noted that bond counsel and contingency payments are not paid through the City's accounts payable division and therefore must be manually added to information derived from the City's accounting system. In the case of bond counsel payments, the payments are typically made directly by the bond trustee from bond proceeds. In the case of contingency payments, the payments are typically deducted from the funds received prior to deposit by the City.