Martin Cadogan is a principal behind a 100-unit apartment building that would greatly alter the historic Tractor Building at Clipper Mill.

At present, four elected officials would appear to be subject to the provisions of a City Council bill designed to close a loophole in the ethics code.

City Council President Brandon Scott calls on the Inspector General to review the businessman’s contracts, while Councilman Kristerfer Burnett says the current system is “open to bribery.”

The mayor, who let the measure go into law by not vetoing it, calls it an illegal infringement on City Solicitor Andre Davis’ powers.