Full-time council attorney defeated

For essentially $14,000 more than what it currently appropriates for legal representation, the New Albany City Council could have hired a full-time attorney. But the price tag of $40,000 annually was too steep for the majority of the body, as it defeated an ordinance on the final reading that would have resulted in the council hiring New Albany attorney Matthew Lorch. Last year, counting an $11,000 salary for part-time representation, the council spent about $21,000 in attorney fees