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Council direction regarding payment of legal fees related to a Code of Conduct Investigation

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2019-07-16 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019 adopted the following: 1. City Council direct that no further legal costs be covered for the former Councillor related to this matter. 2. City Council request the City Clerk to report to City Council on the appropriateness of the $20,000 legal fee limit and on the possibility of a mechanism which enables Members of Council seeking reimbursement of fees over the limit to obtain pre-approval from Council once there is a prospect of high fees.

The vote

Amend Item · Carried, 14-5

For (14)Ana Bailão, Cynthia Lai, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, Jaye Robinson, Jennifer McKelvie, Joe Cressy, John Filion, John Tory, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Shelley Carroll
Against (5)Anthony Perruzza, Jim Karygiannis, Josh Matlow, Mark Grimes, Stephen Holyday
Absent (7)Brad Bradford, James Pasternak, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher
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As the city filed it

The City Clerk has received a request from a former Council member to pay legal expenses related a Code of Conduct investigation. Under the Constituency Services and Office Budget Policy, legal fees related to Code of Conduct investigations are eligible expenses. Automatic payment is up to a limit of $20,000. As the submitted request brings the legal fees related to this investigation over the limit, the City Clerk is seeking Council direction on payment of the additional legal fees.

Staff recommended

The City Clerk recommends that: 1. City Council adopt one of the following options in response to a request for reimbursement of legal expenses: Option A - pay the current legal fees and any future fees City Council authorize the payment of legal fees above the $20,000 limit in the amount of $25,269.24, as outlined in the letter (June 27, 2019) from Gardiner Roberts and City Council direct that further invoices related to this matter also be reimbursed.

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Option B - pay the current legal fees but no future fees City Council authorize the payment of legal fees above the $20,000 limit in the amount of $25,269.24, as outlined in the letter (June 27, 2019) from Gardiner Roberts and City Council direct that no further invoices related to this matter be reimbursed. Option C - do not pay any legal fees City Council direct that no further legal costs be covered for the former Councillor related to this matter.

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