The City Council on Tuesday is expected to hire Fresno City Attorney Douglas Sloan as its top lawyer, according to an item posted on the agenda.

Sloan -- who has served as Fresno's chief counsel since 2013 -- would assume the post that has been filled on an interim basis for more than two years on June 22.

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