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City of North Olmsted Citv Council Meeting Michael Ubaldi March 22, 2011 Page 5 Page 7 i PROCEEDINGS i Following that, Mayor Kennedy and ~'~~ 2 MR. LIMPERT: The special council z his outside counsel will call their 3 meeting of March 22nd will now please come 3 witnesses and present their case as to why 4 to order. The audience is invited to join 4 Mr. Ubaldi should be removed from his role 5 council in reciting the Pledge of 5 with the Civil Service Commission for s Allegiance. s reasons of misfeasance and malfeasance. ~ _ _ _ _ ~ After each witness, Mr. Ubaldi and his a (Thereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was a attorney will have an opportunity to ask s recited.) s questions of that witness and the Mayor io _ _ _ _ io will have an opportunity to redirect. Then ii MR. LIMPERT: Will the clerk ii if council members have any questions of iz please call the roll. iz the witness, they may ask them then. Once 13 MS. GALLO: Mr. Limpert. 13 completed, we will move on to the next i4 MR. LIMPERT: Here. i4 witness. is MS. GALLO: Mr. Barker. is Once the Mayor has finished ~~ i6 MR. BARKER: Present. i6 presenting his case, it will then be I~ i~ MS. GALLO: Mr. Brossard. i~ Mr. Ubaldi's turn and the same procedure ~ is MR. BROSSARD: Present. is I~ will be followed. Once both sides have i9 MS. GALLO: Mr. Kearney. i9 been presented, it will be up to council to ~ 20 MR. KEARNEY: Here. zo decide. It will take atwo-thirds majority ~ zl MS. GALLO: Mr. Mahoney. 21 vote of city council, that's five votes, 22 MR. MAHONEY: Here. 2z agreeing with the Mayor to have Mr. Ubaldi 23 MS. GALLO: Mr. Orlowski. z3 removed. If there are not those five z4 MR. ORLOWSKI: Here. z4 votes, then Mr. Ubaldi will be retained in 2s MS. GALLO: Mr. Schumann. 2s the position in which he is. Page 6 Page 8 i MR. SCHUMANN: Here. i Mr. Gareau, I would like to turn z MS. GALLO: Ms. Williamson. z the microphone over to you. 3 MS. WILLIAMSON: Here. 3 MR. GAREAU: Thank you, ~ 4 MR. LIMPERT: The business of 4 Mr. President, members of council and s tonight's council meeting will not be a s members of the audience. As Mr. Limpert s normal council meeting. The business of s indicated this evening, it's a little bit ~ tonight's meeting is to fulfill council's ~ unusual from the standpoint that there's a a obligation to follow the charter and hold a couple different lawyers in the room. s this administrative hearing. 9 Obviously Mr. Ubaldi has the right to have io Therefore, there will be no io counsel present. He's elected to do so. ii audience participation. However, I truly ii As special counsel, Neal Jamison iz thank you all for being here tonight and 12 is acting on behalf of the Mayor. It is 13 witnessing tonight's proceedings. My role 13 one of those unusual situations where one i4 for tonight is to assure the hearing is 14 attorney cannot represent two or three ~ is conducted in a fair and orderly fashion. A i5 individuals in competing interests at the i6 brief outline of the proceedings is as i6 same time. It just can't be done. So i~ follows: i~ Mr. Jamison will be acting on behalf of 'I is Our law director, Mr. Mike Gareau, is Mayor Kennedy. ~ i i9 will serve city council to advise them on i9 With respect to council, zo the legalities of the charter and clarify zo Mr. Limpert I think really laid it out zl and answer any procedural questions. I 21 quite well as to the process to be 22 will later ask him to make an opening 22 followed. I'm available for questions z3 statement to council as far as their 23 during the course of the hearing. Should 24 obligation in the role prescribed to them 24 you have any and need any guidance from me, z5 in the city charter. z5 feel free to do so. Mehler & Hagestrom (2) Page 5 -Page 8 800.822.0650