Fire officials agreed to begin termination proceedings against the firefighters.
But it voted 8-1 on a resolution that said there was a "reasonable basis" to begin termination proceedings.
When five tenured B.U. professors refused to cross the clerical workers' picket line, the administration initiated termination proceedings against them.
Margie Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the department, said only that the city was pursuing termination proceedings.
Particularly where credibility and veracity are at issue, as they must be in many termination proceedings, written submissions are a wholly unsatisfactory basis for decision.
It also concerned a situation, the Court said, "where credibility and veracity are at issue, as they must be in many termination proceedings."
It is not known whether these tapes were used in the termination proceedings, which were closed to the public.
Wednesday night will be a week, so I have to either start termination proceedings or bring them back.
As a result, she said, her staff had recommended, and fire officials had agreed, that termination proceedings begin against the firefighters.
As result, the department has begun termination proceedings against Firefighter Waugh.