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<br />~ <br /> <br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1997 <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council of the City of Centerville held an <br />executive session and their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, November 12, 1997 in the <br />Council Chambers of City Hall, 1880 Main Street. The executive session was called to order by <br />Mayor Tom Wilharber at 5:35 p.m. <br /> <br />PRESENT: <br /> <br />Mayor Tom Wilharber <br />Council Members: Theresa Brenner <br />Mary Jo Helmbrecht <br />Sanna Buckbee <br /> <br />ABSENT: <br /> <br />Councilmember Laura Powers <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: City Clerk Ry-Chel Gaustad <br />Public Works Director/Building Official Paul Palzer <br />City Attorney Gregory Hellings <br />Public Works Employee Timothy Danielson <br />****************************************************************************** <br /> <br />MEETING <br />_ Mayor Wilharber opened the meeting to discuss actions of Mr. Timothy Danielson. <br /> <br />Mr. Hellings reported the meeting was closed to discuss possible disciplinary action. Mr. <br />Danielson requested that the meeting be open. Therefore, the meeting was opened. Furthermore, <br />Mr. Paul Palzer is present to comment. <br /> <br />Mayor Wilharber noted the regularly scheduled council meeting will follow at the adjournment of <br />this meeting. Foremost, Mayor Wilharber requested Mr. Danielson to comment on the <br />allegations. <br /> <br />Mr. Danielson briefed the Council on the newspaper occurrence. Mr. Danielson stressed he did <br />not intentionally take the newspaper from the resident. Furthermore, he apologized to the <br />LaMotte family for the occurrence the following day. Mr. Danielson stated since this is the <br />second occurrence within one year it doesn't look good. However, he stated he is committed to <br />the City and would like to keep this job. Also, Mr. Danielson commented reading the paper on <br />the job does not reflect his character. <br /> <br />Mr. Palzer described his struggle with the situation. In Mr. Palzer's opinion, Mr. Danielson <br />immediately admitted the fault, which is an improvement from the last occurrence. Mr. Palzer <br />added Mr. Danielson did not intend to take the newspaper. Also, Mr. Danielson disclosed the <br />information to the Police Department and admitted fault. Mr. Palzer noted Mr. Danielson's <br />subsequential action of contacting the resident and apologizing for the situation is commendable. <br />Finally, Mr. Palzer stated Mr. Danielson is a value to the organization, because he is a hard <br />