A consultant aiding in the proposed lease of West Jefferson Medical Center to LCMC Health was switched from a flat fee to an hourly rate for his work on the deal during a Jefferson Parish Council meeting Thursday, bringing the contract in line with a recommendation from the parish’s inspector general. The change was not without controversy, however, with some council members voting against the change and even those who supported it arguing they had already been working on altering the contract when Inspector General David McClintock spoke out against it last week.

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