CITY OF EL PASO DE ROBLES
"The Pass of the Oaks"
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Addendum
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 6:00 PM
Centennial Park - Norris Room
600 Nickerson Drive
Paso Robles, CA 93446
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*G. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS 2 - 3
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City Council Agenda March 17, 2026
From: Linda C George
To: City Clerk; Council; Linda C George; Chris Huot; Gary Lehrer Subject: For general public comments 3/17/2026
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 8:36:34 AM
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Melissa please place this in today's agenda .
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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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Mayor and Council Members,
BBK Cost needs to be reviewed.
The Council is responsible for keeping an eye on how the City spends money on legal services.
Right now, BBK is billing the City roughly up to $224,000 a month whether it's for settlements or billable hour reasons is a moot point . I have given you examples of how larger cities make General contracts instead of unlimited billable hours our own assigned City attorney isn't even an expert in the Brown act .
Yet in meetings, we often see multiple attorneys working on the same issue. Sometimes two show up for the same meeting. Sometimes five are defending the City in disputes with residents or against your own council.
That’s a lot of lawyers for one matter. It looks overwhelming and intimidating, even if it isn’t duplicate work.
This is especially worrying as the City ramps up issues like the JPA & taxing di minimus water users again.
Every time a difficult subject comes up, it seems the City sends in a big team of attorneys. It gives the impression that the City is more focused on outmaneuvering residents than addressing the issue itself. The number of attorneys should match the issue, and taxpayers deserve to know there are limits so money isn’t wasted.
Mayor, at one of the previous meetings you were very clear that the art program shouldn’t use $50,000 of TOT money. Yet here we are paying BBK more than four times that amount each month. Respecting experts is fine, but it shouldn’t come at unlimited expense to the people who pay the bills. Us, your constituents.
George, Linda
G - General Public Comment
Please place this in the agenda for formal discussion.
Linda "Pinky" George
Paso Robles, District 1 Community Advocate
GSMOL Legislative Contact
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G - General Public Comment