In successive phone interviews Monday afternoon, Corporation Counsel Michael Kates outlined the various issues surrounding a $29,000 contract to Attorney Paul Condon. The contract approved unanimously in the last City Council meeting is now under review in connection to a 2008 professional services agreement for legal services evaluating any possible violation of the 2007 Pay-to-Play ordinance.
The 2008 contract issued to attorney Paul Condon occurred during the Roberts Administration and the ordinance limits vendors from obtaining any such contract with the city if there are contributions to city officials within one calendar year. “Condon would be precluded, would be prevented from a contract for one year from that donation,” Mr. Kates said. Within the one year timeframe, Mr. Condon and his spouse had earlier made separate donations to then Councilman Peter Cunningham of $750 and $500 in 2007. Both donations could be problematic to the ordinance regulations although there is no record of the City Council voting on the original contract in 2008 under Dave Roberts.
