TROY — Flock Safety is seeking to be removed as a party in a lawsuit that the Troy City Council and a city auditor filed against Mayor Carmella Mantello.
The lawsuit accuses Mantello of abusing her authority and violating the city charter for declaring an emergency in April to keep a contract with Flock funded in response to the council directing a city auditor not to pay the company. The civil complaint, filed in May, is seeking a court order finding that the declaration exceeded the scope of Mantello’s authority.
In July, the council submitted an amended lawsuit adding Flock as a party to the case days after city attorney Richard Morrissey, who represents Mantello, filed a memo arguing the lawsuit should not proceed unless the company was named as a party…