Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The city's attorney, Paul Martin, resigned May 3.
The City of University City is seeking a new city attorney after the resignation of attorney Paul Martin. City Manager Lehman Walker told Patch Martin resigned May 3. The city council last met April 22. The city's request for qualification (RFQ) closed May 10. Walker said there were seven firms that expressed interest in the University City position. A search committee, which includes Walker, City Clerk Joyce Pumm and Police Chief Charles Adams, will interview applicants. "I expect that we'll have a decision in the next three weeks," Walker said. The city attorney is required to provide general municipal counsel, basic legal services, and advice on special projects. According to the RFQ, general municipal counsel of the City Attorney …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
University CIty's city attorney Paul Martin was one of the people named in a lawsuit by ousted Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul.
A little more than a week after being removed from office on charges that he abused his authority, Ellisville’s former Mayor Adam Paul stood before a new city council and announced he had launched a pair of lawsuits. Paul made his remarks during the public comment portion of a meeting Wednesday and struck a defiant tone, promising that he would return to office. “It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” he said. He also used the time to explain the nature of the lawsuits he had brought. The first is directed individually at Councilman Matt Pirrello, City Manager Kevin Bookout, City Attorney Paul Martin and Ellisvile resident Katie James and seeks damages for defamation to his character. See our previous story: City Attorney …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Paul Martin serves as the city attorney for University City, Olivette, Rock Hill, Crystal Lake Park and Ellisville.
When does the impeachment of a government official in Ellisville impact University City residents? When the cities share a city attorney. Paul Martin, University City's city attorney since 2011, also serves in that capacity for the cities of Ellisville, Olivette, Rock Hill and Crystal Lake Park. During the recent impeachment of Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul, Martin's name was featured prominently in media coverage of the hearings. Ballwin-Ellisville Patch noted on March 20 that the spotlight fell on "City Attorney Paul Martin, who embattled Mayor Adam Paul has said is acting out of a desire to preserve the hundreds of thousands of dollars he receives in legal fees through his work with the city." Under a service agreement signed when …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The legal opinions from the city's attorney were included in Sunday's University City Bulletin Board email newsletter.
A relatively quiet and quick-moving University City City Council meeting Monday came to a screeching halt as council members, the mayor, the city attorney and members of the audience debated whether Mayor Shelley Welsch violated Missouri's Sunshine Law in her University City Bulletin Board email Sunday night. In the weekly email news blast, the Mayor included information from City Attorney Paul Martin regarding a vote held at the last council meeting as well as the full text of Martin's legal opinion on the University City/Olivette intergovernmental meeting. Councilwoman Paulette Carr, Ward 2, brought the issue up during council comments, which follow the majority of the council agenda. Carr said she was "shocked and dismayed" to see the…
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3:34 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
I applaud the council to hire a new city attorney. What he did to Mayor Adam Paul of Ellisville is unthinkable and unethical. The weirdest part of it all is that being in local government for many years, Ellisville hasn't removed Martin yet! A Big no-no what he did to that Mayor. He admitted keeping a book of notes to try to have him impeached and worked for Sansone and the city. more ›