Public Bodies
We provide counsel to cities, counties, special districts and school districts in Eastern Oregon. We attend meetings when asked, answer the questions that come up between meetings, and handle the contracts, personnel matters, records requests, ordinances, elections, land use decisions and disputes that come before a public body.
Services we provide
- Attending council, district and school board meetings when asked
- Public meetings and public records questions, and the training the law requires
- Collective bargaining, grievances, discipline, and personnel policies
- Solicitations, public improvement contracts, intergovernmental and franchise agreements
- Ordinances, resolutions and code work, ballot measures and ballot titles
- Annexations and district boundary changes
- Comprehensive plan and zoning advice, hearings, findings, and appeals to LUBA
- Defense of tort claims and civil rights claims
Cities, Special Districts and School Districts
Day-to-day counsel to the boards and administrators of cities, counties, special districts and school districts.
Public Meetings and Public Records
Advice on the Public Meetings Law and the Public Records Law: notice, executive sessions, serial communications, records requests and exemptions.
Labor and Personnel
Collective bargaining under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act, grievances and arbitrations, discipline and discharge, personnel policies, and the employment claims a public employer faces.
Contracts and Procurement
Public contracting and procurement, intergovernmental agreements, franchise agreements and grant agreements.
Ordinances, Elections and Annexations
Ordinances and resolutions, ballot measures and ballot titles, annexations and district boundary changes.
Defending Public Bodies
Defense of tort claims under the Oregon Tort Claims Act and civil rights claims against public bodies and their officers, coordinated with the body's insurer where one is involved.