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Boa 94 wu 921 "supervisor" started. He submitted that while Lisa may not have done everything properly, maybe made some mistakes, they weren't the type of mistakes that should result in dismissal. Attorney Stone asked the Commissioners to listen to all the evidence and base their decision on what they feel would be appropriate. County Attorney Charles Vitunac asked all those who expected to give testimony to stand and be sworn. Oath was taken by Messrs. King, Wright, Chandler, and Stone, as well as Miss Freeman and an unidentified female (who subsequently did not testify). Emergency Management Coordinator John King declared he would provide a time line of the events which led to his unfortunate, but necessary, recommendation for terminating Miss Lisa Freeman. He began that Miss Freeman was employed in the Division of Emergency Management for roughly 42- years and had been under his close supervision for the last approximately three years. He recalled that, when first employed, Miss Freeman showed promise, was willing to learn new job skills, and had the ability to work with others. He described that her commitment to work vacillated from good to satisfactory during that time, but, at the very end, it was unsatisfactory. He believed it fair to say that she could only complete one task at a time and required close supervision. In the beginning Miss Freeman tried, wasn't always successful, but continued to try. He sent her to various emergency management training schools, some were home study courses that she was allowed to complete on the job. He had sent her for one-week courses to Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale, but she had declined an opportunity to go to Maryland for a one-week course. Mr. King detailed how Miss Freeman's motivation began to decline. She informed him privately that she wanted to work at the Federal courthouse in Ft. Pierce. He had agreed to be a reference - for her. He recalled that 'at a prior hearing, Miss Freeman had said, under oath, that if she was reappointed to her County position, and a position became available at the Federal courthouse, she would leave County employment. Over the last year, she had applied for jobs with the Library, two secretarial positions with the Fire Department, jobs with U. S. Wildlife Service, and several others. Each time, she had asked him to be a reference. He had no problem with that as long as it did not affect her job performance. Miss Freeman had complained privately to Mr. King, several 10 April 24, 1995