6.1.1.090 Legal Counsel

(a) The Governor shall be authorized to employ and pay an attorney or a law firm to provide legal advice and assistance to the Governor within the budgetary constraints set by the Council in the Annual Budget, so long as the attorney or law firm is/are licensed member(s) in good standing of a State bar association; provided, that no attorney or law firm shall be employed in any capacity by the Pueblo if the attorney, or if any attorney presently or formerly associated with the law firm in any capacity, is the subject of any pending criminal charge in any court and the criminal charge is related to alleged conduct of the attorney, whether directly or indirectly, in his or her role as any attorney. Such attorney or law firm shall have in effect legal malpractice insurance at a minimum amount of $1,000,000.00.