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Fraser city council debating future of mayor, councilman behind closed doors

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A highly anticipated meeting in the city of Fraser has determined the mayor and another city councilman will face removal before tribunal.

The meeting started at 7pm, and has been going on for hours.

They first debated about the city manager, and his contract, and then they went behind closed doors regarding sexual harassment allegations surrounding two council members

We know at first, the two men had idea who was making the claims or what the claims were.

The mayor Joe Nichols and councilman Matt Hemelberg are facing sexual harassment allegations from a few city workers. In the closed door session, they reviewed the allegations, then came back and announced they would hold a tribunal hearing within the next 10 days.

It will then be up to the council to decide to remove them or not.