Town Councilor Dan Bouchard highlights a significant budgetary crisis regarding the municipality’s legal expenditures. The town has already surpassed its annual budget of $200,000, with total costs exceeding $235,000 before factoring in recent spring invoices. Concerns were raised over rising hourly rates for the town attorney and expensive investigative fees reaching $450 per hour. To address these uncontrolled costs, a policy review has been scheduled for mid-June to reform how officials communicate with counsel. Bouchard argues that current billing practices represent a waste of taxpayer funds that must be curtailed immediately.