[email protected] NEW ULM — The council will consider changes to the City Attorney contract at its meeting Tuesday. During the Feb. 16, meeting the city council tabled an amendment to the City Attorney Service Agreement to allow a review of the service agreement with Brown County for criminal prosecution. Nierengarten & Hippert Law Office has served as City Attorney for New Ulm since 1979. From 1986, until the retirement of Hugh Nierengarten in 2015, three or four attorneys were providing the legal services required to meet the City’s needs, including all of the work involved in City criminal prosecutions, the civil matters involving the City and also the New Ulm Public Utilities.