McFarlane, who was the chair of the pension board, says it had a solid reputation and handled issues with integrity.
He says when the city manager, finance commissioner, and solicitor brought up a possible conflict of interest issue, he says Ferguson never spoke up when a vote was taken by council to keep taking advice from them.
He says Ferguson's agenda was never to help fix the pension plan but to become mayor of the city.
He says both Councillor Christ Titus and Glen Tait offered to step down so Ferguson could join the board but he never did.
