Municipal Law
Local governments have a broad range of legal needs, from adopting local laws, dealing with blighted property, complying with state and federal mandates, managing personnel, and many other issues. Salzmann Hughes has a team of attorneys experienced in providing legal guidance to boroughs, townships, counties, municipal authorities, and other local government entities in those diverse areas. We provide a full range of services to municipalities, including:
- ordinance and resolution drafting
- zoning and land development
- right-of-way acquisition
- eminent domain
- blight abatement and demolition
- construction contracts
- municipal electric operations and improvements
- intermunicipal agreements
- utility leaseback and management agreements
- collective bargaining
- discipline and grievances
- personnel policies and administration
- code enforcement
- product and service procurement
- water and sewer operations and improvements
- collection of municipal claims
- environmental compliance and permitting
- conventional financing
If you need a solicitor or special counsel, our municipal experience can benefit you. Our municipal practice group is made up of attorneys who devote a majority of their practice to municipal issues. With the complex array of legal issues that municipalities face, do you want a dabbler or a practitioner?