Harrisburg and its taxpayers have paid a total of $31,864 for Mayor Wanda Williams’ legal representation in a state Ethics Commission investigation.

That’s the total paid out over two-plus years to the Philadelphia-based Montgomery McCracken firm, according to invoices the city recently released in response to a records request.

In that probe, the State Ethics Commission ordered Williams to pay a $912 penalty for improperly benefitting from city resources during a 2022 move.

The fine, the Ethics Commission order stated, must be paid by Williams directly, with no reimbursement from public funds.

The case arose from an allegation levelled by former city Public Works Director Nathaniel Spriggs that the mayor had ordered him to place a dumpster at her Wisconisco Street home for easy disp

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