Manitoba’s ombudsman has exonerated the former mayor of East St. Paul in a revised report about a conflict of interest complaint against the current mayor of the Winnipeg-area municipality.

The report takes a further look at a Rural Municipality of East St. Paul council meeting on Feb. 8, 2022, when then-councillor Carla Devlin — now the mayor of East St. Paul — took part in a vote about refunding $210,125 worth of fees to a developer that used a Devlin-owned company as a contractor.

In an original report completed in December 2024, the ombudsman concluded Devlin had a personal interest in the vote because she had an indirect pecuniary interest, as well as a personal relationship with the developer.

That report found Shelley Hart, who was East St. Paul’s mayor when the vote took place i

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