. >> item no. 4, amendment to the legal services agreement with miller & owen until the merger are renne sloan holtzman sakai is completed. >> we approved the extension of a contract for our legal services with renne sloan legal service because at the time we had thought that miller and owen who have merged with them. unfortunately due to some other complications outside that have nothing to do with lafco the merger has not occurred yet. during the period of last meeting and today, chair avalos instructed me to sign an extension on the theory that we wanted to keep ms. miller and her service and it wasn't the new law necessarily we were looking for, but to retain ms. miller and her fine work she has done over the years for us. this is more a report to you that we're doing that and you could take an action that simply affirmed that the chair was correct in the actions to retain mismiller and we should continue down the path what has already been started by the chair and staff of this commission. that is all. >> okay. so yes, i had written a letter to the clerk of the board, that would ext

. >> item no. 4, amendment to the legal services agreement with miller & owen until the merger are renne sloan holtzman sakai is completed. >> we approved the extension of a contract for our legal services with renne sloan legal service because at the time we had thought that miller and owen who have merged with them. unfortunately due to some other complications outside that have nothing to do with lafco the merger has not occurred yet. during the period of last meeting and today, chair avalos instructed me to sign an extension on the theory that we wanted to keep ms. miller and her service and it wasn't the new law necessarily we were looking for, but to retain ms. miller and her fine work she has done over the years for us. this is more a report to you that we're doing that and you could take an action that simply affirmed that the chair was correct in the actions to retain mismiller and we should continue down the path what has already been started by the chair and staff of this commission. that is all. >> okay. so yes, i had written a letter to the clerk of the board, that would ext

. >> item no. 4, amendment to the legal services agreement with miller & owen until the merger are renne sloan holtzman sakai is completed. >> we approved the extension of a contract for our legal services with renne sloan legal service because at the time we had thought that miller and owen who have merged with them. unfortunately due to some other complications outside that have nothing to do with lafco the merger has not occurred yet. during the period of last meeting and today, chair avalos instructed me to sign an extension on the theory that we wanted to keep ms. miller and her service and it wasn't the new law necessarily we were looking for, but to retain ms. miller and her fine work she has done over the years for us. this is more a report to you that we're doing that and you could take an action that simply affirmed that the chair was correct in the actions to retain mismiller and we should continue down the path what has already been started by the chair and staff of this commission. that is all. >> okay. so yes, i had written a letter to the clerk of the board, that would ext