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CityCouncil | 2018-04-16 | 4 | to their campaigns and is helping fund their legal defense; requested Councilmembers Oddie and Vella recuse themselves from participating in this matter; stated recusal under these circumstances is well supported by the law because they have an obvious conflict of interest; their conduct is clearly an issue; their conduct amounted to extortion and bribery; they should not be allowed to serve as judge and jury in their own case; under 1102.5, a public employee does not have to prove that the law was violated, she only has to show a reasonable belief that the information she disclosed showed a violation of law; both of these laws have been construed very broadly; he and Ms. Cannata represented a whistleblower in a suit against the City and County of San Francisco last year, which resulted in a verdict of $2.6 million, plus fees; he hopes it does not come to that, but as many citizens have told Council tonight, the City would be exposing itself to serious liability if it went ahead with the ill-advised decision which seems to be on the agenda; he supports the release of the tapes and all versions, drafts and redactions of the investigative report; Ms. Keimach has nothing to hide and wants the tape released: Karl Olson, Attorney for Jill Keimach. Stated that she is the City Attorney for five cities in the Bay Area and on the League of California Cities Board of Directors; in her capacity as Town Attorney for the Town of Moraga, she worked with Jill Keimach for over five years; Ms. Keimach is one of the finest City Managers that she has ever worked with; despite the fact that there are noticing problems with the meeting tonight and that complaints and charges are going to be heard without the 24 hour notice, urged Council to take a reasoned, tempered approach; the decision is very difficult; asked Council to consider the fact that there are a lot of options, other than the drastic, unnecessary measure of terminating Jill Keimach; urged Council to think of other options: Michelle Kenyon, Attorney for Jill Keimach. Stated that she has worked her entire career in the public sector; a key core of her value system is to enhance the public's trust of government; trust that its elected and appointed officials will put the interest of the larger community in the forefront of every decision; trust that even behind closed doors officials will make decisions based on what is best for the community and not their self-interest; she was put to the test in Alameda to take the easy road and maintain the past practices or to make her life a little more difficult by exposing unethical behavior; she chose the harder road and although it was obviously difficult for all of us, her ethics and good governance would require her to make all the same decisions again; she feels she has been successful in moving the needle a little bit so that the residents are more aware of what is going on in Alameda and the public's trust can be enhanced in the future; she worked hard and well with an exceptional group of department heads and staff; stated a number of community and Council priorities were accomplished; the controversy was created when she held to an open and transparent process to hire a Fire Chief which resulted in the selection of a Chief who is a good fit with the Fire Union and is working to increase departmental revenues and improve processes; outlined her work on a Project Labor Agreement, the animal shelter, the CalPERS unfunded pension liability, and the budget; stated whether Council directs staff to schedule a mediation, decides to terminate her after she asked Special Meeting Alameda City Council April 16, 2018 4 | CityCouncil/2018-04-16.pdf |