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General Fund

Legal
www.mcallen.net/departments/attorney

Performance Measures Description:
The function of the City
Actual Goal Estimated Goal Attorney’s Office is to serve
FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 19-20 FY 20-21 the City of McAllen with
Inputs: the highest quality of legal
Number of full time employees 11 13 13 13 advice and representation.
Number of Attorneys 7 8 8 8 The office advises the
Department Expenditures $ 1,747,651 $ 1,780,889 $ 1,780,889 $ 1,841,957 Mayor, City Commission,
Outputs: City Management, City
Boards and employees in
Number of City Gov. Entities Represented all areas of the law. The
25 29 29 29
City Attorney’s Office is
City Comm. mtgs & workshops attended 46 48 48 48 involved in the preparation

Subordinate agency meetings attended 325 350 350 350 of contracts, code
Human Resource Hearings held 15 16 16 16 enforcement, legislation,
Resolutions, ordinances, orders, agrmts, real estate, litigation, labor
contracts, leases, deeds, liens & opinions and financial matters for
prepared & reviewed 385 455 455 455 the City. The City

Number of Municipal Court Hearings Attorney’s Office also
Supervised 5,067 12,100 5,040 5,040 defends the City in civil
Right of Way acquisitions, projects, etc. lawsuits and prosecutes
prepared and overseen 55 75 75 175 Class “C” misdemeanors in
Effectiveness Measures: municipal court and
oversees the City’s Right of
Number of lawsuits filed against the City 10 15 15 15 Way Department relating
Number of lawsuits filed by City 2 2 2 2 to condemnation and other
Number of lawsuits resolved before trial 13 15 15 15 issues. The Office is
Number of lawsuits tried 2 2 2 2 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 2 5 5 5 Emergency Management
Efficiency Measures: Coordinator by
Department expenditures per capita $ 11.71 $ 11.71 $ 11.79 $ 12.00 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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