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Wausau council approves limited continued use of outside counsel for ethics-board matter
Summary
The Wausau Common Council voted to continue funding outside legal counsel to advise city employees and unelected staff in an ongoing ethics-board matter related to a citizen complaint involving Mayor Doug Denny, with a stated spending cap and differing views from some members over insurer involvement.
The Wausau Common Council on June 10 approved a resolution to continue retaining outside civic-appointed legal counsel to represent the city and unelected city staff in an ethics-board matter arising from a citizen complaint involving Mayor Doug Denny.
The council approved the resolution following discussion about the scope, cost and who had authority to provide or pay for the representation. The action was passed by roll call, motion moved by Alder Watson and seconded by Alder Larson; the formal resolution vote later in the meeting passed 10–1.
The item came to the council after the Committee of the Whole recommended continued engagement. Supporters said the remaining work includes…
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