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<br />City of North Olmsted
<br />City Council Meeting
<br />Michael Ubaldi
<br />March 22, 2011
<br /> Page 141 Page 143
<br />i ideas might be good, they might be great 1 how they do it sometimes, but that's the
<br />z and he's concerned that this would have cut 2 process.
<br />a off the date on those ideas. But again, s So I'm asking you today to keep
<br />4 that's not, it's not misfeasance or 4 Mr. Ubaldi on the Civil Service and vote
<br />5 malfeasance to disagree with another public s against the Mayor's removal, and by doing
<br />s official. s so, I'm asking you to keep the process in
<br />~ The revised code, the charter, the ~ place. I'm asking you to respect that
<br />a rules entrust civil service matters to the s process. Respect the right of city
<br />9 Civil Service Commission. The Mayor can s officials who disagree with one another.
<br />io make recommendations, Civil Service can aro Respect the separation of powers. It's in
<br />ii listen to them or not listen to them. Ina ii our constitution, in the charter, in the
<br />12 perfect world everybody would sit down and lz revised code, and respect the independence
<br />is would work things out, but we don't have a is of the Civil Service commissioner. ~
<br />ar4 perfect world and our government is based i4 And with that, I would close. And j
<br />a.5 on the idea that officials are going to >.s again, thank you for your time and
<br />ie have conflicts with each other. Again, >.s consideration through this long evening.
<br />i~ that's one of the things that protects our a.~ Thank you. ~
<br />is liberties, is that there is this division is MR. LIMPERT: Mr. Jamison.
<br />i9 of power and that it's just a conflict. ar9 MR. JAMISON: Thank you,
<br />20 So, you know, the Mayor said he 20 Mr. President. I'll try and be brief.
<br />z1 would like a different process. He said I 21 Most lawyers lie when they say that.
<br />zz stopped him because I was afraid he was 22 I just want to point out a couple
<br />zs going to post this test. I was afraid it zs things that Mr. Carson related and I'll try I
<br />24 would cut off the date. That might be a 24 and wrap all of this up.
<br />2s good policy reason, but it's not 2s Number one, he stated that there's I,
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<br />a. misfeasance or malfeasance, and those are >. no undisputed facts in this hearing, and I
<br />2 the reasons you can remove a commissioner. 2 would say that's not correct. Because
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<br />s That is a political policy disagreement 3 right after that he then makes the
<br />4 with the Mayor. 4 statement that, about Mr. Ubaldi was
<br />s And opposing counsel has mentioned s thinking or considering posting that ~
<br />s that I said there was some agenda, I don't s notice. You didn't hear Mr. Ubaldi come up
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<br />~ believe there's an agenda in some sort of ~ I
<br />to testify to that.
<br />a creepy, evil, dark, hidden agenda. No. a If you remember, Donna Eccleston j
<br />s He's got ideas, he wants his ideas, the s testified that it was her plain I
<br />io Commission has different ideas, and that's io understanding, and I think there was a
<br />ii part of the way government works. a question by someone, I think Ms. Williamson
<br />12 And that brings us back to powers 12 asked about, you know, was it your
<br />13 being separated and powers being only those 13 understanding that it was his intent to
<br />is which are given to you. The Civil Service i4 post that and she said oh, yeah. That's
<br />is Commission was designed to be independent is not disputed. He didn't get up to refute
<br />i6 for exactly these kind of reasons. To be i6 that.
<br />i~ away from politics so they couldn't be 17 So I would say from what I just
<br />>.s pushed too hard one way or the other. is heard from his counsel, that there is a
<br />i9 They're given long terms so that they're i9 disputed fact in that sense. In my j
<br />20 not subject to political bills. There's a 20 opinion, based on what was presented
<br />21 requirement that the commissioners not be 21 tonight, it's undisputed to the extent
<br />22 of all the same party. These are all the z2 that, yeah, he was going to post that. And ~~
<br />2a safeguards to give you a nonpartisan Civil 23 why is that important again?
<br />z4 Service that is there simply to protect the 24 It's like I said earlier. It's
<br />zs process. You can agree or disagree with zs not just the fact that Mr. Ubaldi didn't
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