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that’s all unnecessary. All the confidentiality is unnecessary because all we’re looking at is a <br />legal position. That’s what I’m looking at. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: From my review of the petition, I do agree with you. And you had something to <br />say? <br /> <br />Mr. Adams: I think the Petitioner is within his rights to ask for closed hearing at this point if <br />he would want to do that. <br /> <br />Mr. Drutar: It’s just one comment. I just wanted to inform that Board regarding my <br />employment with the County, that’s it. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: But again, if we go into closed hearing and you come out, we cannot be bouncing <br />back and forth. <br /> <br />Mr. Drutar: I understand that. Whatever you folks decide is fine with me. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: To go further into what I’m saying is in my feeling in looking at this thing, if we <br />find that she does not have the power to make a finding or a violation, a finding of a violation of <br />the ethics code, she may have the power to have her department investigate an impropriety, but <br />once she finds out there’s probable cause that there may be a violation, she should take it to us to <br />make the final determination. That’s what I’m talking about the process would be proper. <br />That’s what we’re going to determine, which is the proper process. And it’s strictly a legal <br />process and nothing to do with facts. Anybody seeing what I’m saying yet? <br /> <br />Mr. Adams: Absolutely judge. The problem that I have, is that we have a new petition before <br />us and the petitioner has not had the opportunity to make a statement on his petition which I <br />think according to our rules, the petitioner is authorized, I don’t know if authorized is the right <br />word, he has the right to do that. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Correct. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams: And so, either we’re going to go into a closed hearing because petitioner asked for <br />it or we’re going to stay in an opening hearing cause petitioner asked for it. I still haven’t <br />received a statement of whether or not you want to be in a closed hearing or an open hearing. <br />And once we have that, then the petitioner has the right to make a statement on his petition. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: The reason I’m doing this, again, Mr. Adams, is because I’m trying to close up <br />what we’re discussing, so therefore they know what they don’t have to get into. They’ll know <br />whether they have to get into the conversation or not. And if the only issues involved are legal <br />issues, no confidential issues will come up because we’re not going into the facts of the case <br />itself. So why would anything confidential come up? <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Mr. Drutar, do you still want to have an open hearing? <br /> <br />Mr. Drutar: I would prefer an open hearing. Yes, sir. <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />