A Mason City councilman acknowledged Monday to leaking a confidential memo on the fire chief's employment status. Mason City Fire Chief Al Dyer Jr. was placed on paid administrative leave Nov. 2 pending an administrative investigation. Dyer didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from the Globe Gazette Monday afternoon. Councilman John Lee acknowledged on Monday he provided the memo to a KIMT-TV reporter when the reporter inquired about it when they saw each other in a grocery store. "I take full responsibility. I don't want anyone else to be blamed. It wasn't meant to be malicious or devious. It was just a major screw-up on my part. Call me ignorant and trusting, I guess," Lee told the Globe Gazette.