ORANGE

Council members recently approved a new financial agreement with the legal team handling the case against Jeff Hambarian, the former vice president of Orange Resource Recovery Services who faces charges that he stole $4 million from the city. He has pleaded not guilty. The original agreement with the Costa Mesa firm of Rutan & Tucker called for a $30,000 limit on legal costs, an amount that has already been spent on the investigation, said City Atty. David A. De Berry. The new agreement will allow the city to use sanitation funds to pay for additional legal services not to exceed $250,000.