= City Attorney =

The City Attorney's Office provides legal advice to the [[CityCommission]], the [[CityManager]] and City departments, and prosecutes municipal offences. The office is in Room 101 of the [[CivicCenter]].

'''David Dennis''' is City Attorney; '''Rachel Taylor''' is Deputy City Attorney. Both appear regularly in the Commission minutes, one of them present at essentially every meeting. Dennis served as Acting City Manager in May 2026 — see [[CityCommission2026-05-19]].

= In the record =

The office drafts the ordinances and resolutions the Commission votes on, and presents the legal background at public hearings on matters like the fireworks referral — see [[Ordinance3278]] and [[FireworksReferendum2025]] — and the nuisance abatement process, which the office walked the Commission through at [[CityCommission2025-06-17]]. Executive sessions on litigation are held with the City Attorney present; see [[SpecialWorkSession2026-03-16]].

The office also publishes the City's legal opinion on conflicts for board, council and commission members, which is linked from the [[BoardsAndCommissions]] pages.

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Legal: https://greatfallsmt.gov/290/Legal
Conflicts opinion: https://greatfallsmt.gov/460/Legal-Opinion-Regarding-Board-Council-an

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