Small Municipality Retaining Consulting Firm as Statutory Municipal Engineer
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/104#Small_Municipality_Retaining_Consulting_Firm_as_Statutory_Municipal_Engineer
Definition
A small municipality that cannot afford a full-time municipal engineer retains a private consulting firm and appoints one of its principals as the statutory municipal engineer, then also retains the same firm for capital improvement project engineering services.
Properties
Parent
SmallMunicipalityStatutoryEngineeringClient
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SmallMunicipalityStatutoryEngineeringClient
Attributes
| size | Small community |
| resource_constraint | Cannot afford full-time municipal engineer or supporting staff |
| statutory_obligation | State law requires every municipality to have a municipal engineer |
| procurement_method | Retainer or cost-plus arrangement with consulting firm |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | appoints |
| target | Consulting Firm Principal Serving as Appointed Municipal Engineer |
| type | governed_by |
| target | State Statutory Authority |
| type | retains |
| target | Private Consulting Engineering Firm Retained as Municipal Engineer Firm |
Role Category
provider_client
Role Class
Small Municipality Statutory Engineering Client
Source Evidence
Source Text
A state law requires that every municipality have a municipal engineer
Text References
A state law requires that every municipality have a municipal engineer
Many of the smaller communities in the state do not have and cannot afford full-time municipal engineers
the smaller communities retain the services of a consulting firm in private practice and appoint a principal of the firm as the municipal engineer
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
a018bbd970328a4a...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
104
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-02T10:45:04.703198+00:00
First Case
104
Generated
2026-03-02T10:45:04.703198+00:00
Attributed To
Case 104 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:03:45.563469
Generated By
ProEthica Case 104 Extraction