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Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Paul Skidmore will introduce a resolution to the City Council Tuesday to reimburse Police Chief Mike Koval for close to $22,000 in legal fees stemming from a misconduct complaint.

The Madison Police and Fire Commission dismissed the complaint without disciplining Koval, though it found that Koval had engaged in misconduct when he called Sharon Irwin -- the grandmother of Tony Robinson, a Madison teen fatally shot by police in March 2015 -- a "raging lunatic" after she followed him into a stairwell after a combative City Council meeting.

Koval publicly apologized for the remark.

Last year, the City Council passed a resolution allowing police and fire chiefs to have their legal expenses reimbursed if they prevail in complaints filed against them.

The resolution is expected to be referred to the Board of Estimates.

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