Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti says his probe into a possible city hall conspiracy has confirmed his phone was “tampered with” and “former city hall employees” are involved.

Mammoliti, speaking to reporters waiting to hear from Mayor Rob Ford about the appeal victory that keeps him in office, also suggested he’ll speak to Ford about possibly rejoining the executive committee he quit in November after a judge found Ford had breached conflict of interest rules.

“I’m definitely going to have a conversation with the mayor — if the mayor feels that there is a fit (on executive) and I can squeeze in a little bit of more time to do that and still continue with my community and this investigation, then who knows,” he said.

On Thursday, Mammoliti startled reporters by saying part of the reason he quit executive was so he could a probe a tip that a “group of people” are tapping phones and following people in a campaign to do “personal damage” to him and others.

On Friday, Mammoliti said, without offering proof, that he is excited about what he has since confirmed.

“Somebody’s tampered with my phones — that’s illegal in this country,” he said, adding that he also knows that he has been followed.

“I’m doing what I need to do to prove there’s a conspiracy,” by people from “the left,” said Mammoliti, who plans to take his findings to police.

The colourful councillor for Ward 7, York West said Ford is “a little upset with me” for quitting executive but “if he wants me back he’ll tell me and we can probably work something out.”

Mammoliti hailed Ford’s appeal verdict as a victory for the administration’s cost-cutting agenda but noted that he has given the mayor some stern advice for moving forward.

“I told him you have to you’ve got to start acting like a mayor, the sideshows have to finish,” he said. “I said to him you’ve got to start dressing like a mayor as well. I think people want to see that.”