Durkan

Mark H Durkan said the executive should be "embarrassed to present a document that reads more like a list of vague hopes than a plan of action".

Social Democratic and Labour Party assembly member Mark H Durkan said Mr O'Sullivan, a retired orthodontist, was "highly respected across the city".

Before Best was selected by then-Mayor Jenny Durkan in 2018, some on the search committee — including current Deputy Mayor Tim Burgess — pushed for an outside hire who could help overhaul the department’s culture.

The administration of former Mayor Jenny Durkan told Robart that his concerns about accountability could be fixed in the next contract.

Then-Mayor Jenny Durkan argued in court that whatever accountability failings existed in the last contract could be fixed in the next one.