Special Board of Aldermen Public Hearing — May 20, 2020 Page 14
Chairman Dowd
Yes?
Ms. Ortolano Can we just jump back to the Legal Department really quick. Ok can you say who you are?
Laurie Ortolano I’m sorry | hadn’t turned my video on, I’m getting the buttons going. Laurie Ortolano, 41
Berkley Street.
Chairman Dowd
OK.
Ms. Ortolano Does the Legal Department include all of the consultants that are used on various projects or
litigation? For example, if they bring in a consultant to address abatements, is that in the Legal Budget or is
that put somewhere else?
Chairman Dows
Attorney Bolton, you are on mute.
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
It is not in the Legal Department’s Budget.
Ms. Ortolano Can you tell me where it is?
Attorney Bolton
In the example that you offered, that would be in what we call the “overlay”.
Ms. Ortolano OK | am familiar with that. And what about for consultants we hire, to do like Attorney Broth
who came in and did his investigation. Where does he come out of?
Attorney Bolton
| don’t necessarily know, it would be whatever Department was using Attorney Broth or some other attorney,
it would either be their budget or some appropriation from contingency or elsewhere to pay those expenses.
But that would not be in my budget.
Ms. Ortolano Ok, and then one last quick question. Are there are other legal services, | mean I'll just speak
candidly, | was certainly somebody who the City viewed as having a big impact on the legal costs and raising
the Budget $100,000.00. Where does that get logged?
Attorney Bolton
| would say that’s a complete exaggeration; we got an additional appropriation to provide for some overtime
in order to respond to some of the Right to Know requests that you generated; others as well but yours were
included. But that was much, much less than $100,000.00 in the Legal Department.
