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CityCouncil | 2018-05-01 | 2 | safety; there were subtle and not so subtle hints before and after the August 16th meeting with Councilmembers Oddie and Vella about the good things that would happen to her if Ms. Keimach hired Mr. Weaver and the bad things that would happen to her if she did not; Mr. DelBono is denying that he tried to get Ms. Keimach fired; Councilmembers Oddie and Vella should recuse themselves; he cannot think of any judge that would preside over a matter in which their own conduct was at issue and in which they were being accused of engaging in criminal conduct; mediation is a path; people should be allowed time to digest the report; they [Ms. Keimach and her attorneys would like to release the tape; there was interference by Councilmembers; the Council should step back and take a deep breath: Karl Olsen, Attorney for Jill Keimach. Stated they have been ensured the purpose of the meeting tonight is not to make a final decision to terminate Jill Keimach as City Manager and that there will be a further process before such a decision is made; applauded the Council's more thoughtful approach to such an important issue; stated efforts to achieve a resolution through mediation have now been resumed; they were disappointed that mediation was ceased; they continue to hope the outcome will be the reinstatement of Ms. Keimach; Ms. Keimach wants to finish the job she started; if not possible, Ms. Keimach will consider other fair and reasonable paths to resolution; a troubling narrative in the press has been the conflict of interest of Vice Mayor Vella and Councilmember Oddie; Mr. Oddie made it clear that he had three votes to fire Ms. Keimach before he met with her and it is common knowledge that he passed that to the Police Chief before he and Ms. Vella met with Ms. Keimach; that is a direct threat to her employment and her job; to have him in a room considering whether Ms. Keimach should have continued employment or participating with the City Council on these issues should not happen; the outcome two weeks ago was to refer the tape recording to the District Attorney (DA); the tape should be evaluated for two reasons; she believes Jill Keimach acted in a perfectly legal way, which she believes the DA will ultimately conclude; she also believes the tape recording demonstrates the crime of bribery; bribery is where someone offers something of value, such as the cooperation of the union, in exchange for other favors; it should be evaluated; Councilmembers Vella and Oddie should step aside for the rest of the meeting; they offered something of value, the cooperation of the union, in the event of future budget cuts and implied the right for Ms. Keimach to keep her job: Therese Cannata, Attorney for Jill Keimach. Stated there needs to be an impartial, complete, adequate and thorough investigation into the questionable, if not illegal, action taken by two members of the Council; not releasing the report to the public causes suspicion; Councilmembers Oddie and Vella voted on parameters of the investigation and the status of Ms. Keimach; both received campaign funding from the Firefighters union and demanded their choice for Fire Chief; the Council has a duty to entire community, not immediate supporters and donors: Burney Matthews, Alameda. Mayor Spencer inquired when the report will be released, to which the City Attorney responded tomorrow in the late afternoon. Special Meeting Alameda City Council 2 May 1, 2018 | CityCouncil/2018-05-01.pdf |