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General Fund

Legal
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Performance Measures Description:
The function of the City
Actual Goal Estimated Goal Attorney’s Office is to serve
FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 the City of McAllen with
Inputs: the highest quality of legal
Number of full time employees 12 16 16 15 advice and representation.
Number of Attorneys 7 8 8 8 The office advises the
Department Expenditures $ 1,641,857 $ 1,799,659 $ 1,812,069 $ 1,760,390 Mayor, City Commission,
Outputs: City Management, City
Boards and employees in
Number of City Gov. Entities Represented all areas of the law. The
29 29 29 29
City Attorney’s Office is
City Comm. mtgs & workshops attended 48 45 48 48 involved in the preparation
Subordinate agency meetings attended 320 323 350 350 of contracts, code

Human Resource Hearings held 16 10 16 16 enforcement, legislation,
Resolutions, ordinances, orders, agrmts, real estate, litigation, labor
contracts, leases, deeds, liens & opinions and financial matters for
prepared & reviewed 450 420 455 455 the City. The City

Number of Municipal Court Hearings Attorney’s Office also
Supervised 12,100 7,000 12,100 12,100 defends the City in civil
Right of Way acquisitions, projects, etc. lawsuits and prosecutes
prepared and overseen 55 52 55 55 Class “C” misdemeanors in
Effectiveness Measures: municipal court and
oversees the City’s Right of
Number of lawsuits filed against the City 13 20 17 20 Way Department relating
Number of lawsuits filed by City 1 1 2 2 to condemnation and other
Number of lawsuits resolved before trial 11 15 13 16 issues. The Office is
Number of lawsuits tried 1 1 1 1 located at City Hall. The
Number of lawsuits resolved w/Plf. City Attorney also serves in
the capacity of the City’s
Receiving no compensation 5 10 8 10 Emergency Management
Efficiency Measures: Coordinator by
Department expenditures per capita $ 11.15 $ 12.18 $ 12.09 $ 11.58 appointment of the Mayor.
While the City currently
has no formal department
of Emergency
Management, the
Emergency Management
Coordinator (“EMC”)
coordinates the emergency
planning, preparedness,
response, and recovery
aspects of all departments
city-wide.

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