More money for lawyers: Council to vote on $200k more for landfill contract renegotiations

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More money for lawyers: Council to vote on $200K more for landfill contract renegotiations

Two years into negotiations with garbage giant Waste Management Inc., county attorneys say they’re running out of money for outside legal counsel, and they’re coming to the County Council to ask for more. The council in 2019 approved $300,000 for a private attorney to help renegotiate the contract, a lopsided agreement with no termination date approved by a former council and signed almost 30 years ago by then Mayor Stephen Yamashiro. Corporatio…