Broomfield attorney’s office proposes hiring lawyer to bring municipal prosecutions in-house
The proposed position would take over most work now handled through a municipal prosecution contract worth slightly more than $100,000 a year.
Broomfield’s City and County Attorney’s Office is proposing a new attorney position to bring municipal prosecutions in-house. The proposal has not received formal City Council approval and remains part of the city’s proposed 2027 budget.
Attorney Regina Rogers told council members during a Sept. 17 budget study session that an outside law firm currently handles most municipal prosecutions under a contract worth slightly more than $100,000 a year. Rogers estimated that municipal prosecutions would make up about 60% of the proposed attorney’s duties. The office’s budget presentation and discussion did not establish the position’s salary or total cost.
Rogers said the attorney also could provide backup for municipal prosecutions, handle competency proceedings required by recent state legislation and conduct some policy reviews and long-standing legal research. If the position is approved, the city would end the outside prosecution contract for that portion of the work, she said.
The hire would also allow the office to redistribute work, Rogers said. Another attorney could shift away from Colorado Open Records Act requests and handle more human-services matters.
Rogers described the position as part of succession planning. She said the office is “senior heavy,” with its most junior attorney having 12 years of experience, and that hiring while senior attorneys remain would give the office time to train a successor.
The City Council’s budget packet schedules a second budget discussion for Sept. 24, a public hearing for Oct. 13 and formal consideration and adoption for Oct. 27. Those are scheduled steps, not evidence that the position has been approved.