City of Hartford FY2019 Recommended Budget Budget Presentation to Council Office of Corporation Counsel May 9, 2018
CORPORATION COUNSEL MISSION • To provide quality legal assistance and advice to City departments, offices, agencies, boards and commissions and to elected and appointed officials to enable them to better achieve their objectives. 2
CORPORATION COUNSEL DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION CHART Corporation Counsel Deputy Corporation Counsel Senior Assistant Assistant Corporation Support Staff (3) Corporation Counsel (2) Counsel (7) 3
CORPORATION COUNSEL FY2018 HIGHLIGHTS Continued management of over 1,500 active cases (including the Hartford • Board of Education) and of which 250 are tax appeals from the 2016 GL Negotiated settlements of a number of long-standing cases, including • Serrano v. Gaitor (Relocation Assistance) Placed 87 liens totaling $714,000 on properties under Relocation Assistance • Successfully concluded negotiations of a number of transactions, including • the City lease at Constitution Plaza, the term sheet for renovation of Dillon Stadium Drafted and supported the drafting of multiple Ordinances such as the • regulation of Pregnancy Services Centers Actively engaged in negotiation of collective bargaining agreements • Recovered over $500 thousand as a result of the now-concluded Dillon • Stadium civil litigation 4
CORPORATION COUNSEL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Maximize the cost effectiveness of the City’s legal representation • through an appropriate balance of in-house and outside counsel Working with the Director of Finance and Tax Collector to increase • efforts on collection activities Support DDS and HHS in the enforcement of violations of the City • Housing Code and the Health Code Actively engage with DDS and the Hartford Land Bank on anti- • blight initiatives Implementation of the ADA Settlement Agreement with the Justice • Department 5
CORPORATION COUNSEL LEGAL MANDATES Litigation • Advice and Counsel • Commercial and Real Estate • Form and Legality Review • Compliance and Enforcement • 6
CORPORATION COUNSEL BUDGET COMPARISON – FY2018 AND FY2019 FY2018 FY2019 $ CHANGE % CHANGE ADOPTED RECOMM General Fund 1,539,609 1,544,801 5,192 0.3% Grants MERF 46,226 46,226 CIP 79,149 (79,149) -100.0% TOTAL 1,664,984 1,591,027 (73,957) -4.4% 7
CORPORATION COUNSEL Thank you! 8
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