London’s Integrity Commissioner is standing by his report into the affair between Mayor Matt Brown and Councillor Maureen Cassidy.

“I did the investigation to the extent I felt it was necessary,” said Greg Stewart when speaking to CTV News outside his office in Goderich Wednesday.

Stewart rejects concerns raised by an invoice showing he spent a total of 7.6 ours investigating and writing his report. In that time he did not interview Cassidy or examine travel expenses and emails.

“…The conclusions found there were three violations of the code of conduct…I looked at the facts that were there [and] the facts spoke for themselves,” said Stewart.

Stewart’s report was made public on Tuesday, June 21, finding that the pair had made three violations. Council then later opted for a verbal reprimand of the pair rather than a suspension.

Earlier this week former City Councillor Cheryl Miller expressed concern that the investigation’s independence was compromised when Steward agreed to meet with the Mayor on a consultative basis during the same week he was investigating the affair.

According to the City’s website the role of the integrity commissioner is in part to “Serve as an advisor to individual members of council… and act as a proactive educator of council.”

CTV News has learned of at least one formal complaint to City Hall since reporting on emails between the Mayor and then Deputy Mayor.

As for calls from the public for a more in-depth investigation, Stewart says he can’t comment on whether he intends to reopen the issue or not.

The integrity commissioner is not required to launch an investigation.