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<br />Theresa Brenner <br /> <br />Ms. Lien asked for permission to respond to the letter. <br /> <br />Ms. Lien noted that she was surprised that Ms. Brenner would bring up the matter when <br />the altercation was directly related to her. She then explained that another City employee <br />had yelled and berated her because she did not tell Ms. Brenner that she could not use the <br />postage meter for the type of mail she was running through it. <br /> <br />Ms. Lien indicated that when she told this other employee that it was not her place to <br />correct a Council Member the employee pushed her and forced her to defend herself. She <br />then indicated that the other employee involved was terminated and she was given <br />suspension which she did not contest because she was happy that the other employee <br />would not longer be a problem at the office. <br /> <br />Ms. Lien stated she feels she is a good employee and said she does not know why she has <br />to continue to defend herself. She then noted that the letter of reprimand should have <br />been removed from her file. <br /> <br />Mr. Corwin stated that it is typical of Council to request that only relevant matters be <br />discussed at this hearing and then, without advance notice, provide a letter from a <br />resident concerning a past issue. He further stated that the past matter is completely <br />irrelevant and was not considered when she was terminated. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg questioned whether, if a citizen wants to bring information before <br />Council in an open session, Council can refuse to accept the information. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that Council may accept the information. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg asked if anyone had anything new to share with Council. <br /> <br />Ms. Buckbee of 7381 Peltier Circle indicated that she feels Ms. Brenner's letter is sour <br />grapes and noted that, if Council reviewed the minutes from the meeting where Council <br />voted on discipline for the actions in 1998, Ms. Brenner was in support of the actions. <br />She then noted that Ms. Brenner had not voted at that time to terminate Ms. Lien's <br />employment and said she feels it is inappropriate to bring it up now. <br /> <br />Ms. Buckbee stated she felt Ms. Lien was very disciplined and modified her behavior and <br />noted there were no other instances of insubordination as is outlined in the personnel <br />policy. <br /> <br />Ms. Deb Nelson stated she felt the letter was written by Ms. Brenner because she has a <br />personal issue with Ms. Lien which is irrelevant to the present matter. <br /> <br />Page 17 of29 <br />