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2 <br />The County's expenditures for Board legal services functions were $592,379 for FY 2008-09. <br />Of that amount, $492,244 was for contract legal services and $100,135 for the Staff Support. <br />The cost of adding one Staff Attorney position to the County Attorney's Office and cone-time <br />allocation for Mr. Gledhill's contract services will increase its FY 2009-10 budget to $454,418, <br />yet result in a savings of $137,961 from the FY 2008-09 cost for legal services. In FY 2010-11, <br />the County will realize the total savings of $172,610, from bringing these legal services in- <br />house. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br />1. Approve a new, full-time Staff Attorney position effective January 4, 2010; <br />2. Appropriate $119,664 from fund balance to offset estimated new position costs ($41,693) <br />and unbudgeted legal contract costs ($77,971) in FY 2009-10; <br />3. Amend the County Attorney's Office's FY 2009-10 budget to include personnel and <br />operating expenses for the new Staff Attorney position and the unbudgeted legal contract <br />costs; and <br />4. Authorize a budget amendment for the necessary expenditures. <br />