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The City Attorney's Office provides legal representation in various aspects of law as it relates to the City of El Paso and its citizens. The Office acts as legal advisor to the Mayor and City Council, the City Manager, 25 City Departments and 49 boards, committees, and commissions. The Office handles a wide variety of legal issues including drafting contracts, legal opinions, resolutions, and ordinances. The Office is also responsible for representing the City in judicial hearings and administrative hearings, and prosecuting misdemeanor violations of ordinances and state statute Class C Misdemeanors. The Office acts as a liaison with other governmental entities and assists with federal and state legislative matters.
Core Services
- Advise City officials and departments on a wide range of
legal issues
- Research and provide advice, opinions and recommendations
on legal issues that come before the City.
- Draft municipal
ordinances, resolutions, and agreements.
- Provide advice
to City boards, committees, commissions, and City Council
Legislative Review Committees.
- Advise Mayor, City Council,
City Manager and other City officials of pending legislation
and assist in drafting
proposals for
legislation in areas of concern to the City of El
Paso and its citizens.
- Provide legal advice on state and
federal grants.
- Process claims on behalf of the City
and against the City.
- Provide legal representation
- Judicial hearings
- Represents the City in civil lawsuit
- Municipal Court
- Prosecutes violations of City of El Paso ordinances and Class C misdemeanors
- Handles property disposition hearings
- Administrative hearings
- Represents the City at Civil Service Commission disciplinary hearings and arbitrations
- Assists City Departments with discipline issues
- Responds to EEOC complaints
- Receives and processes complaints filed under the City Ethics Ordinance
- Represents the City at hearings before various state agencies
- Acts as a liaison with other governmental entities.
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