The City Council’s MLGW committee voted down a resolution approving the release of more than $426K in legal bills for former MLGW head Joseph Lee this afternoon.
The full council already voted against the measure in October, but then the minutes of that meeting were pulled after chairman Myron Lowery suggested a compromise of a lesser amount.
“[MLGW] President [Jerry] Collins has been working with Mr. Lee and his attorneys to work out a different or the same compromise and they have been unsuccessful,” councilperson Barbara Swearengen Ware told the MLGW committee she chairs.
“We have the option to approve this or deny it. If it is denied, then we could possibly spend a lot more in attorney fees, because it will go to court.”
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