Yakima City Council Will Soon Decide On Appeal

The Yakima City Council has a big decision ahead and it only has until March 19. The city must decide whether or not to appeal the federal voting rights case. in the suit the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking more than 2.8 million in legal fees. City Attorney Jeff Cutter tells KIT News. "The legal staff is compiling the possible responses or alternatives. Then we'll seeking the city council's choices or steps that might be taken next." The city may ask the judge to reconsider a number of things in the appeal including the hourly rate of attorneys and how that factors into the legal costs. The city has already spent more than $900,000 defending the case. City officials are expected to meet in an executive session sometime next week to further discuss the case but no specific date has been set.