KALAMAZOO, MI -- Nearly two years after the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners fired its previous head attorney, the county has selected a new attorney to hire.
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the board of commissioners voted to approve a three-year employment agreement for Angelina Barnes, effective Oct. 11, as corporation counsel. The base salary for the position is $123,884.80, Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin told MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette.
Barnes is currently an attorney at Auto Owners Insurance, where she provides legal advice in the areas of human resources, employment law, life insurance, contracts, first- and third-party property damage, and bodily injury claims, Catlin said.
In this new position, Barnes is tasked with providing legal advice to different county departments, and also attends commission meetings to answer questions from elected officials and provide other advice or input.
The hiring is “long overdue,” Catlin said, and he and others at the county are excited to work with Barnes.
In 2019, Kalamazoo County commissioners unanimously voted to fire Elizabeth White, who was their corporate counsel. In the interim, the county has been represented by an outside law firm, which means different attorneys would work together as a team to help represent the county and provide legal services.
Catlin said the hiring a replacement for White was a priority for him as he started his position as administrator earlier this year.
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