04/05/2011 Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

City of North Olmsted f itv (`m~nril MPeNnu Michael Ubaldi March 22, 2011 Page 113 Page 115 1 look at the exhibits. And I would like to 1 the motion now -- 2 review again Mr. Ubaldi's brief in 2 MR. LIMPERT: Right. 3 opposition to removal that I think was 3 MR. GAREAU: -- but let counsel. 4 filed today. 4 make their closing statements and you can s MR. GAREAU: Mr. President? s hear what they have to say. And then at s MR. LIMPERT: Yes. Thank you, s that point, perhaps you feel you do or do ~ Councilman Mahoney. Mr. Gareau. ~ not need additional time based upon the a MR. GAREAU: Be aware of that a evidence and arguments that you've heard. s suggestion. I did have the occasion to s So let's hold off on that, but at io speak with both counsel for both partie and io this point probably proceed if it's in your ii they would not object if council was to not ii will, Mr. Limpert, to allow Mr. Jamison to 12 vote on the matter tonight after the close iz proceed. is of arguments. It's up to council, and this 13 MR. LIMPERT: Please proceed, i4 is going to be completely up to you folks, i4 Mr. Jamison. is if you choose to proceed in that way. is MR. JAMISON: Okay. I just have ~ i6 You could proceed and vote on it i6 one other procedural question. ', i~ next Tuesday and that would give you time i~ Since we have the burden in this is to review the evidence that you've is case, would I go first, Mr. Carson has a ie received. It's up to you. You don't have i9 chance, and then I would have another zo to do that. And the caveat, Mr. President, 20 opportunity? 2i is that you're not to go and gather any 2i MR. GAREAU: Correct. 22 more evidence or speak to any other parties 22 MR. JAMISON: Thank you. Ladies 23 about the testimony or evidence that you've 2s and gentlemen, thank you for your time and 24 heard. It's up to you if you wish to do 24 attention tonight. We probably took a zs that. 2s little bit longer than we anticipated, but Page 114 Page 116 i i After closing arguments it would i obviously this is an important matter to z be my instruction to you then, next Tuesday 2 Mr. Ubaldi and it's an important matter to 3 the only thing you're going to be doing is 3 the Mayor and the City of North Olmsted. 4 making a vote. There will be no more a As I said in the opening s arguments, there will be no more witnesses, 5 statement, essentially what happened here 6 no more statements, testimony, what have s is that at some point late last year or ~ you. ~ early this year Chief Wozniak of the police a MR. LIMPERT: Also, would it be a department expressed a desire or an 9 appropriate if that were a motion which s intention to retire at some point in 2011. io might be entertained and if it went in the io The testimony was pretty clear from the ii affirmative, that during the public, the ii safety director and the Mayor that they did 12 audience, that it will either not be about 12 not get the date certain at that point, is that or we will vote before audience is that it was an expression of an intent by i4 participation? i4 him, that they thought it might be in the is MR. GAREAU: You would not be is spring sometime but they really weren't i6 voting after audience participation at the i6 sure at that point. i~ next council meeting. You would vote i~ The testimony was that based on is during the committee reports and you can is getting that information, that they then i9 schedule it at that point in time. It 1s start to discuss amongst themselves about zo would be inappropriate because -- zo maybe offering suggestions in terms of the 2i MR. LIMPERT: That was my belief 21 structure and methodology of the test that ~ 22 that -- 2z was going to be used for the new chief so z3 MR. GAREAU: You know, your 23 that maybe certain concepts could be used 24 instruction will be not to speak with -- if z4 that might have not been used before. zs you choose to do that. Now I would not do 2s Those were expressed to the Commission on a Mehler & Hagestrom (29) Page 113 -Page 116 800.822.0650