Attorneys for fired Ely City Clerk Jim Alworth may be preparing a some kind of legal challenge to the 5-0 termination vote last week.In an public record request Scott Husbands demanded not only all public records regarding the last week’s vote to fire Alworth but also all personal correspondence that may exist between individual councilmen on the matter.
The request is reposted below:
From: Scott H. Husbands [mailto:scotthusbands@gianolihusbands.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:03 AM
To: ‘JenniferLee’
Subject: Public Records Request
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:03 AM
To: ‘JenniferLee’
Subject: Public Records Request
Jennifer,
Attached please find a completed form requesting public records. The records we are requesting are as follows:
1. Any and all documents (in the broadest sense of the term to include but not be limited to communications, e-mail messages, written documents, notes, and summaries of meetings) regarding the removal of Jim Alworth from his position as City Clerk.
2. Any and all documents regarding the presentation of last week’s agenda item to remove Jim Alworth from his position as City Clerk. This includes in particular any documents evidencing discussions prior to last week’s meeting.
3. The audio recording of last week’s City Council meeting.
4. If the meeting minutes are available in draft from last week’s, we would like those as well. If unavailable in draft, we would request a copy of the approved minutes as they are available.
5. Any notes or messages passed between City Council members regarding removal of Jim Alworth from his position as City Clerk.
6. Disclosure of all dates and times that any City Council member met with Mr. Alworth to discuss concerns that member may have had about Mr. Alworth. This request includes a summary of the nature of the conversation, length of time for the conversation, and others who may have been present.
7. Disclosure of all dates and times that any City Council member met with any other City Council member to discuss anything related to Mr. Alworth. This request includes a summary of the nature of the conversation, length of time for the conversation, and others who may have been present.
Our last request is a broad one. We request any and all information held by the City regarding Jim Alworth. This includes communications to and from Mr. Alworth, any document regarding Mr. Alworth, any document evidencing a discussion about Mr. Alworth and documents related to discussion of Mr. Alworth’s employment as City Clerk.
Given the relative volume of potentially responsive materials, can you let us know the approximate cost for copying? Given that time is of the essence, we would appreciate being given materials as they become available rather than receiving everything in one delivery.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help with this. Lastly, my apologies for the volume of this request…
Regards,
Scott
Scott H. Husbands, Esq.
Gianoli Husbands PLLC | Attorneys & Counselors at Law
1050 Aultman Street
Ely, Nevada 89301
Ely: 775.289.3050 | Eureka: 775.237.8080
Fax: 775.549.9815
Perhaps the most telling line in the request is: “Given that time is of the essence, we would appreciate being given materials as they become available rather than receiving everything in one delivery.”
Indicating that Alworth is trying to beat the clock in the challenge to his termination perhaps in an emergency filing to the Nevada Ethics Commission that the termination vote was somehow illegal.
nevada is a “right to work state” a employeer can terminate at anytime for any reason.
Allworth is acting like a little kid. Bybee needs to quit funding this sham attempt and crawl off somewhere to wither away, like the town he tried to run is doing.
Dear Kane:
Sounds like big talk from an anonymous coward!
Although maybe you’re not so anonymous, since your name is on your license plate, huh neighbor?
this is a joke this whole town is a joke the people who run it are a joke sounds like something out of an old western movie only thing missing is a duel at dawn and a pair of six shooters!!!! this town has and always will be an old west mining town that is always on the verge of dying off but never does!!! they are always on the verge of being broke but never truly are and there is always someone about to be fired but never actually gets fired!!! they always end up back at their office on Monday after the council vote on Thursday booted them out!! If the people of this town would stop gambling and drinking there lives away and wake up to the fact the Burt from the hotel Nevada actually owns more property than anybody in town and just uses is lackeys to buy them for him so that his name doesn’t have to appear on the deeds and if people would stop participating in Bybee’s business he wouldn’t have any money to fund any of these so called projects he says he is always working on and how come over $50,000 was donated to the town over a period of three years to help build a new swimming pool and recreation center in 1994-1997 yet the pool was never built and neither was the recreation center what happened to all of that money where did it go?
how many people remember the Sweet heart dance that was a fundraiser for that as well as the McDonald’s fundraisers that were done by the owners Dan and Mano and all of the hardworking employees I am sure they would like to know where all of that money went as well?? This Town has always been one straight line short of totally corrupt and no matter how many brothels you open or close the idea is still the same SEX sells and so does all of the past politicians they can be bought with a LITTLE TIME AND MONEY AS WELL!!
Yeah I had the unfortunate opportunity to break down in this horrible town and it is totally messed up here the people are so rude and don’t dare leave anything in your vehicle it will be gone by the time you return locked or not!! The town is isolated from the rest of the world it seems like your back in 1892 mentality here as well feel sorry for anyone who comes to this town they will be treated like crap and if no thrown in jail for something they didn’t do they will go to jail for standing up for what they believe in… This town is so corrupt and screwed up I cant believe any tourist would ever want to come here