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South Bed Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - January 2, 1980 4. COW NICATIONS Mr. Butler continues... he legal fees to the Commission drastically. am very proud of my record of service and ntegrity. The members of the Commission and he department staff know that I am extremely rateful for the confidence which they have onsistently expressed in me and in my work. regret the repeated pressures that have been laced on the Commission to remove me as their ttorney through the years and the time the embers have had to spend on this particular ase especially, when they had to vote on this atter. Obviously, I cannot advise the Com- ission concerning the Nemeth - Brunner memo. I o believe that the appointment of special ounsel to review the memorandum would be a elcome opportunity to clear the air in this atter. Nimtz: Thank you, Mr. Butler. I do believe that Commissioner Auburn has a motion she d like to present to the Commission. Auburn: The letter I had written follows on Mr. Butler's comments concerning appoint - nt of outside special counsel. I, as a mmissioner, feel that we place Mr. Butler . an extremely tenuous position when we ask m to give us legal counsel on a matter that is involved in. Likewise, Mr. Nimtz, as esident of the Commission, is not in a position give us, as Commissioners, outside legal vice on how to handle a matter such as this .en it comes before us. I think we owe it ourselves as Commissioners, I think we owe it the staff, I think we owe it to Mr. Butler, d I think we owe it to the public to engage an tside neutral party to advise us on how to ndle this matter. There are apparently some legations that would have severe legal ramifi- tions on not only the "hole ", but perhaps some the other matters that the Commission has tered into and I think that we need someone guide us on how to proceed.