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Updated:10/17/2014 06.50.56 AM CDT OC1 1 ] 2014
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Maplewood City Hall is the subject of a federal investigation.
On Thursday,Maplewood officials declined to comment about the specifics of the FBI inquiry,
other than to say the city requested the probe.
"You want to have some investigative integrity...so we are not going to talk about the scope or
what this is,but there is an investigation that we requested,"said Maplewood Police Chief Paul
Schnell."What this may yield, in fact it may yield nothing.We have no idea at this point in time. It's
very early on."
Maplewood Mayor Nora Slawik said the FBI is conducting the investigation and that it involves city
operations"in some capacity."
She declined to elaborate.
"I will say I expect a full investigation of any wrongdoing and that there will be accountability and
transparency if there are any illegal actions,"Slawik said.
The FBI would not confirm that an investigation is underway,citing standard policy.
"We don't confirm or deny investigations or the existence thereof,"said Kyle Loven,a spokesman
for the agency's Minneapolis division.
In April,Maplewood City Manager Chuck Ahl gave abrupt notice of his decision to retire,just three
days before the city council was scheduled to meet in closed session to discuss"allegations
against a person under the authority of the city council,"according to city documents.
The closed meeting was pulled from the council's agenda after Ahl's notice.The city manager is
the only Maplewood employee under the authority of the council.
At the time,Ahl said his decision was unrelated to the meeting.
Ahl assumed the city manager's position in June 2013. He previously served as the assistant city
engineer and public works director.
Maplewood has yet to name his permanent replacement.
Sarah Homer can be reached at 651-228-5539. Follow her at twitter.com/hornsarah.