Certified 3,911.25 in lawyer fees as administrative costs

The FY2025 report certifies 1,414.90 of administrative expenses between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 and details them as Payment to Tate Law Group for representation (p1). The FY2026 report certifies 9,496.35 of administrative expenses and lists 9/5/2025 Tate Law Group 2,496.35 among them (p2). The books show what the payments were. Tate Law Group invoice 2013-60 of 09/13/2024 bills 25 percent of the 5,659.58 McKinsey recovery, 1,414.90, paid by check 115354 on 11/12/2024 under purchase order 24-04665. Invoice 2013-65 of 10/15/2024 bills 25 percent of the 4,902.77 Endo recovery, 1,225.69. Invoice 2013-73 of 04/30/2025 bills 25 percent of two Mallinckrodt recoveries, 570.31 and 700.35. Check 1, purchase order 25-03916, paid those two invoices together, 2,496.35, on 09/05/2025. The vendor inquiry through 08/31/2026 shows these two orders and no others, 3,911.25 in all. The McKinsey administrator's payment notice of 09/06/2024, forwarded by the Borough Administrator to the CFO, says the Court ordered class members to use the funds exclusively for the approved uses in Exhibit E. Contingency fees to counsel are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers them. Both reports certify them as administration of the abatement money.