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The city is"determining what the next steps are,"the mayor said,"detemuning the
validity of the complaint,just as we are with the FBI investigation:Get all the
circumstances on the table,who did what,and then make a determination."
Slawik,a former legislator,was elected mayor in 2013 on a clean-up-th�house platform.
On her watch,the city brought in the FBI for a probe that was first disclosed last fall.
City Hall and law enforcement officials have said almost nothing about the inquiry,but
past signs have pointed to former City Manager Chuck Ahl being the focus.
Maplewood has three fizll-time administrative staffers in the Fire Department along
with 15 full-time and 38 part-tirne firefighters worldng out of three stations.
The interim fire chief is Mike Mondor,an assistant chief who heads the emergency
medical tech program and"is making sure all shifts are covered,"Coleman said.
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