Must Council Strictly Follow the Law

I have a comment to make about this whole issue regarding the variance situation at the cemetery. I presented the law that no variance is permitted without a hardship. I presented sufficient information that supported that no hardship existed. Mr. Brechnitz also stated the same. After it was approved for the developer Greg Folley told me that City Council can disregard the law under whatever circumstances they deem appropriate. Now I don’t believe there’s going to be an appeal to the decision that was made, but it’s interesting that counsel, if Folley is correct, has the right to disregard the law and in essence change the law.