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February 28, 2017 Then, the commissioner, and his or her legal counsel, will have the opportunity to address City Council and provide any witnesses or documents that are relevant to the February 15, 2017 letter and its attachments. Members of City Council, may – upon recognition of the chair – ask questions at the end of that particular commissioner’s presentation. Once all three commissioners have completed their individual hearing before City Council, the chair will entertain a motion for the Council to go into Closed Session to discuss whether or not to remove any or all of the commissioners. It is Council’s intention to publicly vote on the question of the removal of any or all three of the commissioners during its Regular Meeting tonight. We will now proceed with actual hearing, and will hear the commissioners in this order: 1. Commissioner Flossie Bridgeford 2. Commissioner Joe Fleming 3. Commissioner Daniele Jones Dr. Whitaker raised a point of order that the procedures for the legislative hearing had not been voted on by City Council. Mayor Rowe asked City Council to entertain a motion to adopt the procedures for the legislative hearing. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to adopt the procedures of the legislative hearing. Dr. Whitaker raised a point of order that Mr. Moody was arguing the case of the legislative hearing. Mayor Rowe informed Dr. Whitaker that he did not have the floor and asked that Mr. Moody continue with is remarks. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to move the previous question to approve the procedures of the legislative hearing, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: Whitaker Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to approve the procedures of the legislative hearing, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: Whitaker Dr. Whitaker made the following statement for the record:  “I am opposing the procedures and also opposing the fact that notice was not properly given to the commissioners. There is no standard that has been enunciated for none of the charges that have been alleged under the statute and also I do not see how there could be a fair and impartial hearing tonight when at the February 14, 2017 Council meeting, three Council members stated in open session that the commissioners need to be removed.”  Commissioner Flossie Bridgeford offered a rebuttal to her proposed removal from the PRHA Board.