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Wausau council approves limited continued legal counsel for staff in ethics board matter
Summary
The Common Council approved continued engagement of CIVMIC-appointed outside counsel to represent the city and unelected staff in an ethics board matter related to a citizen complaint against Mayor Doug Denny, with a $10,000 cap reported by council.
The Wausau Common Council voted 10-1 on June 10 to continue paying outside counsel previously appointed by the city’s insurance carrier to advise city staff in an ongoing ethics-board matter related to a citizen complaint involving Mayor Doug Denny.
Council members said the decision is intended to provide legal guidance to additional city employees the ethics board expects to interview, not to provide a blanket legal defense for elected officials. The committee of the whole previously approved the same engagement unanimously and recommended a spending cap; council members said the council…
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