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Wausau council approves engagement of outside counsel after debate over secretive retention
Summary
The Wausau Common Council voted 9-2 on June 24 to retain outside attorney Mark Hall to represent the city and certain unelected staff in an ethics-board matter after debate about a prior closed-session review, insurance involvement and the absence of a written engagement letter.
The Wausau Common Council voted 9–2 on June 24 to authorize continued engagement of outside counsel to represent the city and unelected city staff in a matter pending before the city ethics board.
Council members considered a veto issued by the mayor and lengthy public and council remarks about the retention. The motion on file 250112 — "approve continued engagement of civic appointed legal counsel to represent the city and unelected city staff in the matter currently pending before the city's ethics board pertaining to the citizen complaint filed against the mayor and related actions" — was moved by Watson and seconded by Rasmussen and passed 9–2.
Mayor (name not specified) urged caution and criticized the process, saying council members were being asked "to approve the hire…
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