Austin is getting ready to bring in reinforcements as federal investigators keep digging into City Hall’s hiring playbook.
Next Thursday, city officials plan to ask the City Council for permission to hire outside legal counsel to help navigate the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil-rights investigation into Austin’s hiring and employment practices. The move would amend the city’s existing legal-services agreement with the law firm Greenberg Traurig and add funding that would lift the contract cap to $176,000, with money listed as available in the City Attorney’s FY2025-26 budget.
According to the City of Austin, the agenda item would authorize an additional $100,000 for Greenberg Traurig’s work tied to the Justice Department inquiry, bringing the total contract amount to no more than $176,000…