Five months after an outside law firm recommended changes to how the city manages sexual misconduct allegations, it's still unclear when — or if — the Indianapolis City-County Council will implement any of those reforms.

Councilors met Oct. 28 to begin publicly evaluating new policies that aim to encourage city employees to report workplace harassment and ensure that investigations of those claims are free from internal politics. But the recommendations suggested by Chicago-based Fisher Phillips, the law firm the council hired for $450,000 last year, now face questions over their cost to implement and their feasibility.

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