Municipal Government
TPLG serves as special and general counsel to various municipalities and local government agencies. Our many years of experience in this area make us uniquely qualified to understand and address the numerous and varied topics and matters that routinely confront local government, including:
- Public relations and public policy, including public strategy and design and policy implementation
- Public finance, including debt and equity financing, grants, accounting and budget matters, audits and public land sales
- Public contracting, including preparation of contract bids, specifications and proposals, review of bid awards, handling of bid protests and contract preparation and enforcement
- Federal and State statutory and regulatory compliance, including environmental matters, government investigations and participation and compliance with government programs
- Public employee matters, including disciplinary proceedings, employment disputes, negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and employment contracts and related litigation
- Property tax revaluations and reassessments, county and state tax appeal matters and tax abatement programs
- Developer’s Agreements, performance and maintenance guarantees and bond calls
- Development and drafting of ordinances regarding general municipal administration, local regulations and licensing and municipal zoning regulations
- Redevelopment, financial agreements and PILOTS
- Affordable housing regulation and compliance matters
- Municipal utilities matters, including construction and maintenance of water and sewer infrastructure, procurement of necessary easements and/or right-of-ways and coordination of approvals from other local, county and state government enforcing agencies
- General litigation, including Tort Claim Act matters