nihoff and did not care for mr. nihoff as a city manager and frankly, they wanted to get him removed as the city manager. >> reporter: they say they were he he sitant to share their feelins but were told it would be anonymous. >> i said he'll get ahold of this report and use it as a hit list to go after anybody that's critical of him. >> reporter: boucher insists anyone privy was himself, risner and dobby. >> when she presented reports to me, reredacted and came up with our separate report that did not include witness names. >> reporter: his paraphrased version of the report was turned over to city counsel. the investigation exonerated nihoff on all claims. >> there is no evidence to support that city manager nihoff engaged in harassment. >> reporter: boucher says based on the facts he learned, he advised the firing of the three which nihoff did on april 23rd after the investigation was complete. >> there was bona fide independent reasons for their terminations unrelated. >> reporter: the city will not share those r