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Item # 7.

Council Meeting 2023

Meeting Date:	11/08/2022
Department:	City Secretary

AGENDA CAPTION:

Consider Action on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Engagement Letter with the Law Firm of Wyatt Hamilton Findlay, PLLC and to Continue the Current Appointment of Whitt Wyatt as City Attorney for the Town of Addison.

BACKGROUND:

The Town of Addison Home Rule Charter Section 4.08 calls for the City Council to appoint a competent and duly qualified and licensed attorney, practicing in the State of Texas, to be the attorney for the Town (City Attorney). At the August 24, 2021 City Council meeting Council adopted Resolution No. R21-047 to formally appoint Whitt Wyatt as the City Attorney for the Town.

Via email on October 28, 2022, Whitt Wyatt notified the City Council that his municipal law practice and existing municipal attorneys and staff will transfer from Wood Banowsky, PLLC to the new law firm of Wyatt Hamilton Findlay, PLLC, effective December 1, 2022. This Resolution will formally record the City Council's desire to retain Whitt Wyatt as City Attorney and appoint the firm of Wyatt Hamilton Findlay, PLLC to serve as the City Attorney(s) of the Town of Addison.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
Resolution - Wyatt Hamilton Findlay, PLLC