City Council authorizes blank check to investigate Mayor on 8/24/15
Channel: Lincoln City Politics
Date: 2015-08-25

August 24, 2015 Lincoln City City Council

Appicello: The second item was under Council rules of which is also an 
advertised executive session item.

Council can decide to have your in-house counsel perform certain tasks, or you 
can contract out to independent legal counsel, you have executive session on
Council rules and Council rules govern the conduct of their contained in City
resolutions, ordinances, and charter and they govern the conduct govern the
conduct of the City Council. 

Again you can take no action in executive session and if you think it's 
appropriate to do so, this would be the time where you could take an action, 
again this may involve, this would involve spending money, and in this 
particular issue if you do proceed, the Mayor would have a conflict of 
interest and my recommendation would be that he not participate.

Ryan: I move to authorize the Council President to execute a contract for 
investigation and prosecution services to examine the Mayor's conduct relative 
to the City Charter, ordinance and rules, and present such to the City Council. 

Sprague: Second.

Williams: Well, we have a motion and a second and I haven't even recused 
myself so, I'm not sure exactly what it is and recusing himself from I can't 
exactly talk to because I wasn't there, but again we're going down this rabbit 
trail here, I guess I'll recuse myself, turn this meeting over to Council 
President Sprague, and you can start it all over again.

Sprague: OK, there's emotion on the floor, is there discussion? Hearing none. 
A second, thank you. Roll call, please.

Noreikis: Yes, Ryan: Yes, Sprague: Yes, Wahlke: Yes, Ward: Yes

Steere: Motion carries. 

Williams: All right, back to me, thanks so much.

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