City of Boulder · office · CAO
City Attorney's Office
“The City Attorney’s Office serves as the legal advisor to the City Council, the city’s boards and commissions, and all city officials. The City Attorney’s Office also represents the city in civil litigation and prosecutes violations of the municipal code.” source as of 2026-10-30
Who runs it
AI-read · unreviewed read by a model from the city's pages, the Charter, the code and the budget books; every quote checked against its saved source; not reviewed by a person. Hover a source for its words.Researcher's note: Charter office appointed by council. Staff counts per the about page: 16 attorneys and seven paralegals in two locations. Municode was refusing requests (HTTP 403) on 2026-10-30, so the Revised Code was not searched for further provisions on the office; the Charter articles cited were already saved.
- Head
- Teresa Tate, City Attorney as of 2026-10-30 source
- Answers to
- City Council. A charter office outside the City Manager's line: the City Council chooses and appoints the city attorney (Charter Sec. 12), who is the legal advisor of the council, all city officials and all boards and commissions (Sec. 85). A council committee screens applicants for city attorney and evaluates the person in the job (Sec. 9). Head appointed by City Council. source source source as of 2026-10-30
- Legal basis
- Charter Sec. 85 · creates · City attorney source
- Charter Sec. 12 · governs · Specific duties of council source
- Charter Sec. 9 · governs · Meetings of council source
- Contact
- 303-441-3020 · 1777 Broadway (P.O. Box 791) · Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. · contact page source as of 2026-10-30
Boards and commissions it staffs
- Beverage Licensing Authority · legal advisor; an assistant city attorney is listed among staff present source
- Campaign Finance and Elections Working Group · project manager (a member of the City Attorney's Office) source
- Cannabis Licensing Advisory Board · legal advisor; City Attorney's Office staff are listed among staff present source
- Marijuana Advisory Panel · legal advice and background at every meeting (a senior assistant city attorney), with the City Manager's Office source source
- Police Oversight Panel · counsel; a CAO attorney is listed among the city staff at panel meetings source
- Tenant Advisory Committee · staff support, with the City Manager's Office (BRC 12-2) source
Budget
from the city's approved budget books; each figure printed, to the dollar, in its source (hover a source for its words). A year may come from a different book or table than the next: the table says what each covers| Year | Basis | Amount | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | approved | $4,733,844 | All funds: department expenses, 2024 Approved Budget department page total (the 2026 book's FY2024 column prints the same) source source |
| 2025 | approved | $5,103,711 | All funds: department expenses, 2025 Approved Budget department page total (the 2026 book's FY2025 column prints the same) source source |
| 2026 | approved | $5,301,624 | All funds: department expenses, 2026 Annual Budget (department budget by program and expense type table; the department page prints the same total) source source |
Divisions
in the city's own words; heads only where an official source names them- Civil Office
“The City Attorney’s Office serves as the legal advisor to the City Council, the city’s boards and commissions, and all city officials.” source source - Prosecution Office · Chris Reynolds, Prosecutorial Deputy City Attorney source
“The city attorney prosecutors are responsible for prosecuting violations of the Boulder Revised Code.” source source