Pembroke's contract with mayor's law firm won't go out for bids

City councillors in Pembroke, Ont., decided to scrap the idea of putting its 21-year-old city solicitor contract out for procurement, despite taxpayers having paid hundreds of thousands of dollars this past year alone to the law firm where Mayor Ron Gervais works.

Pembroke's contract with mayor's law firm won't go out for bids
A house with a law firm sign.

City councillors in Pembroke, Ont., decided to scrap the idea of putting its 21-year-old city solicitor contract out for procurement, despite taxpayers having paid hundreds of thousands of dollars this past year alone to the law firm where Mayor Ron Gervais works.