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Mobile City Council approves investigative committee and independent special counsel to review allegations by city chief
Summary
Council approved an amendment directing the council president to form an investigative committee and hire an independent Alabama‑licensed attorney as special counsel to examine allegations the chief made publicly after being placed on administrative leave; the special counsel must report within 45 days and a budget will be set.
The Mobile City Council voted to approve an amendment directing the council president to appoint an investigative committee of the whole and to retain an independent, Alabama‑licensed attorney to serve as special counsel to investigate allegations made publicly by the city chief after the chief was placed on administrative leave.
Counsel (Speaker 3) read the amended text aloud to the chamber, saying, "The amendment in substance is that the subsections have been taken out of paragraph 7," and summarizing the replacement language: paragraph 7 notes that on or about 04/09/2024 the chief was placed on administrative leave by Mayor Sandy Stimpson and that the chief subsequently gave interviews making troubling allegations. The amendment…
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