City Administrator Steve Barg’s Testimony
City Administrator Steve Barg testified at the hearing. He confirmed that the City has a policy regarding the requirement for all City employees and elected officials to be the keeper of any electronic records related to City business.
The Common Council is looking at four corners of the complaint. It is with understanding that the members will vote to remove Mayor Bob McManus on Tuesday if they believe the Mayor did one of the following:
- Deleted records, such as text messages, email or documents
- Obstructed the request, misconduct in office
- Lied to city staff and/or elected officials and/or members involved in the request through the coarse of fulfilling the open records request