MADISON, Wis. — Documents obtained by Fox 47 reveal that City Attorney Michael Haas and Independent Police Monitor Aeiramique Glass are at odds over whether Glass followed the city’s contracting rules when hiring outside legal counsel.
The conflict centers on Glass’s retention of Milwaukee attorney William Sulton to provide legal services to the monitor’s office. According to an August 31 memo from the city attorney’s office, while the monitor can obtain outside counsel, she does not have the authority to contract on her own.
City ordinances require all contracts to be made in the name of the City of Madison. According to Administrative Procedure Memorandum No. 1-1, “All contracts must be made in the name of the City of Madison. Individual City departments and agencies do not have authority to contract on their own.”…