03-12-2015 Closed City Council Minutes

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City Council Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 2 of 3 Roll Call by Clerk: Those present: Mayor Sjoblad, Council Members Akerson, Karr, Loukota, and Pederson, Clerk Peine, Attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons. The Clerk was given a letter by Jeanyne Alderson addressed to the Mayor and Council at approximately 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 12th. The Council was given the letter at the Council meeting and took time to read the letter. The Council discussed the agenda item. The closed session was recessed at 7:20 p.m. and continued at 7:27 p.m. Concluding discussion of the agenda item, the Council went into open session at 7:52 p.m. MAYOR SJOBLAD MOVED THAT: 1. JEANYNE ALDERSON BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOR SEVEN WORK DAYS FROM EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES, EFFECTIVE MARCH 13, 2015, FOR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE REASONS STATED IN SCOTT PEDERSON, CITY COUNCIL LIAISON TO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S LETTER TO MS. ALDERSON OF MARCH 9, 2015 EXCEPT II.C; MS. ALDERSON STATED TO A SUSPECT IN A CRIMINAL MATTER THAT A CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE SUSPECT BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE ASKS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPECT. MS. ALDERSON KNEW THAT THE CRIMINAL MATTER WAS INITIATED BY THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THUS, MS. ALDERSON DISCUSSED NONPUBLIC INFORMATION MS. ALDERSON WAS AWARE OF DUE TO HER EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OR SOMETHING RELATED TO OR BASED ON SUCH INFORMATION; AND ON MARCH 9, 2015, MS. ALDERSON STATED TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON THAT MS. ALDERSON HAD NOT DISCUSSED POLICE BUSINESS WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MS. ALDERSON, HOWEVER, DISCUSSED POLICE BUSINESS WITH THE CRIMINAL SUSPECT DESCRIBED. 2. CITY ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE MS. ALDERSON WITH ANY APPROPRIATE NOTICES RELATED TO THIS DECISION, INCLUDING APPROPRIATE WARNINGS RELATED TO DATA