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<br />Council Members had witnessed serious issues and had raised concerns regarding Ms. <br />Lien. He further indicated that those concerns were outlined in a letter drafted by Mr. <br />Hoeft and sent to Ms. Lien's attorney. <br /> <br />Mr. Hoeft asked if Ms. Lien and her counsel wished to have the matter heard at the open <br />meeting. Mr. Corwin indicated that he and his client would like the matter heard at the <br />open meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Hoeft indicated that this hearing was for Ms. Lien to address the charges against her. <br />He then asked that anyone who wished to speak do so only with regard to relevant <br />information and refrain from disparaging remarks. 0 e... {)I'\... -t:tu.- ~ ~ <br /> <br />Mr. Corwin, counsel for Ms. Lien, addressed Council and indicated that Council was in <br />violation of the Data Practices Act for failure to provide minutes from the closed <br />executive session where an illegal vote was taken to fire Ms. Lien. He then indicated that <br />the charges against Ms. Lien were not provided to them until September 11, 2001. <br /> <br />Mr. Corwin indicated that Council had closed the meeting to make a determination as to <br />the status of Ms. Lien's employment. He noted that no minutes were provided for the <br />closed session and further noted that when Council resumed the open session no vote was <br />taken. <br /> <br />Mr. Corwin told Council that it seems to him that some people got upset when Ms. Lien <br />did not agree with them and so Council decided to exercise its authority without granting <br />Ms. Lien the right of every public employee and that is the right to respond to and <br />address the charges against them. He then noted that he had just received a copy of the <br />reasons for termination yesterday and further indicated that Ms. Lien had not received her <br />Laudermill hearing and was denied her constitutional rights. <br /> <br />Mr. Corwin indicated that Council had denied Ms. Lien her constitutional rights because <br />some of the Council Members were upset with some of the things she had said. He noted <br />that Ms. Lien has the right to freedom of speech and suggested that if Council Members <br />cannot take criticism they should step back. He then noted that the City Administrator <br />had left the City due to the way things are run and had left two subordinates to run the <br />office. He further indicated that there is a lot of work that needed to be done and Council <br />instructed City employees to ignore the Committee work and work on day to day <br />operations even though Ms. Lien had indicated she did not have enough to do. He also <br />pointed out that Council did not communicate that directive to the Committees as it <br />should have, instead relying on staff to inform the Committees that they were no longer <br />able to help them. <br /> <br />Mr. Corwin explained that when an individual from the Parks and Recreation Committee <br />had come into the office and asked Ms. Lien to help him with something she agreed to do <br />so because she was not doing anything at the time. He then suggested that Council was <br />more concerned with its ego than whether or not staff had time to do the work. <br /> <br />Page 10 of29 <br />