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Motion by Councilmember Howell, seconded by Councilmember Musgrove, to put a letter in <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher's file stating a summary of what happened and that it will <br /> not happen with a job applicant in the future. <br /> Future Discussion: <br /> Councilmember Riley commented Councilmembers Howell and Musgrove keep looking like they <br /> are looking for a policy and the policy that they came up with is to put a reprimand in a personnel <br /> file. He stated he didn't understand how that makes sense. He stated his `bs meter' went off there. <br /> Mayor Kuzma called for a vote. <br /> Motion failed. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Howell and Musgrove. Voting No: <br /> Councilmembers Heineman, Riley, Specht, and Woestehoff and Mayor Kuzma. <br /> City Attorney Knaak suggested the motion should be that no action or discipline is deemed <br /> warranted having heard the matter regarding Administrative Services Director Lasher's actions <br /> and that the Council shall address the issue of communications with job applicants to be applied <br /> to all employees and applications in the future. <br /> Motion by Mayor Kuzma, seconded by Councilmember Woestehoff, that no action or discipline <br /> is deemed warranted having heard the matter regarding Ms. Lasher's actions and that the Council <br /> shall address the issue of communications with job applicants to be applied to all employees and <br /> applications in the future. <br /> Further Discussion: <br /> Councilmember Howell stated her `bs meter' is going up with this and unfortunately they don't <br /> have people who have the guts to actually deal with tough issues. <br /> Councilmember Heineman stated that one thing they haven't done, which has been made quite <br /> apparent, is address that there has been a lot on a lot of employees' plates. He stated this is may <br /> be something to discuss later on. He asked if Administrative Services Director Lasher had <br /> anything she wanted to say, noting the Council is looking for corrective action and he thought the <br /> majority of the Council would say that could be done through a policy regarding the text messages. <br /> He asked Administrative Services Director Lasher if there was anything she was asking for or <br /> anything she wanted to see happen. He stated this was brought up as a personnel issue so he <br /> wanted to get her opinion on it. <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher replied she would request that she be asked a question <br /> rather than things getting to this point. She stated she was on vacation that Friday when this started <br /> and understands that Councilmember Musgrove called Sue Hurd in Human Resources, Ms. Hurd <br /> is the HR Generalist. Ms. Hurd called Councilmember Musgrove back and left a message and <br /> didn't get a response. She asked that Council show trust in employees and ask questions if things <br /> seem off. She stated things can seem off. She stated they are really very busy and sometimes <br /> things are not handled perfectly but they are not this terrible. She asked that they please ask and <br /> she would be happy to answer questions before something gets this out of control. <br /> City Council/May 24, 2022 <br /> Page 17 of 21 <br />