Specifications include, but are not limited to: Retainer Services The Town wishes to retain the successful firm with a set monthly retainer fee for all general routine and normal day-to-day advice and services to include but not limited to: 1. Review in advance of all town meetings the matters to be presented at such meetings and consult with the BOS, as necessary, to assure the orderly disposition of the business of the meeting. 2. Prepare all Ordinances properly proposed by any Town Officer, Board or Commission, at the request of the First Selectman, but excluding the drafting or re-drafting of a set of ordinances or regulations such as the zoning code. 3. Review all Ordinances to be acted upon and revise the same, as necessary or appropriate. 4. Be the legal advisor to all Town Officers, Boards, Commissions or agencies in all matters affecting the Town and attend all Town Meetings and the Annual Town Budget meeting, as requested by the First Selectman. 5. When necessary or appropriate, furnish legal representation at BOS meetings and at other meetings, as requested by the First Selectman and/or the Chairman of other Boards and Commissions. 6. Give opinions on such matters as are submitted for a legal opinion by the First Selectman or, with the approval of the First Selectman, by any other Town Officers or the Chairman of any other Town Board or Commission.
