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Council Appropriates $100,000 for Board of Health Legal Costs; Audit Committee to Review Parallel Products Spending
Summary
The council voted 11–0 to appropriate $100,000 to provide independent legal representation to the Board of Health for an anticipated appeal by Parallel Products. Separately, several items relating to spending on the Parallel Products matter were referred to the audit committee for review.
The New Bedford City Council on Thursday approved an emergency appropriation of $100,000 to the Board of Health to secure independent legal counsel for an anticipated appeal in the Parallel Products matter and referred related spending questions to the audit committee.
Councilor Leo Choquette (Ward 1) introduced the motion under authority of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 33 and said the council could act because the mayor had not signed his earlier request. "If I were a betting person, I would assume that they are going to file the appeal,"…
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