COEUR d'ALENE - Rachel Dolezal was removed from her position as chair of the Spokane Police Ombudsman Commission Thursday, while one other commissioner resigned.

A third commissioner, who was implicated along with the other two commissioners in an independent whistleblower investigation that was released Wednesday, was granted a one-week extension to answer allegations against him.

The Spokane City Council, which added a special legislative session to its regular study session Thursday afternoon, unanimously accepted Commissioner Kevin Berkompas' resignation and voted unanimously to remove Dolezal.

Brian Coddington, spokesman for the mayor, said Dolezal did not communicate her refusal to resign with the city, but Berkompas did send a letter of resignation.

"The council president mentioned that in his comments," Coddington said. "He said that Rachel communicated that to the media, but not to her own community."

Dolezal was quoted in several publications on Thursday saying she refused to step down because she felt she was acting on behalf of the community. Coddington said Berkompas' letter was entered into the record but it was not read aloud during the meeting.

Dolezal issued a statement to the media saying: "I will not resign. I have done nothing wrong and neither has Adrian Dominguez or Kevin Berkompass(sic). We have done our best each step of the way and double-checked our actions with legal counsel. We are unpaid volunteers serving the public faithfully in an unprecedented, evolving police oversight commission. The work is tough and certainly there is a degree of expected push-back from the institution, but the level of harassment and sabotage by city government is completely undeserved and inappropriate."

Council President Ben Stuckart told the council that he has heard from Commissioner Adrian Dominguez, who said he is traveling without access to a computer and asked for additional time to review the report filed by the independent investigators.

On May 4, the city launched an investigation and hired Winston & Cashatt Lawyers to conduct an independent investigation of a whistleblower's claim against three commissioners in the Office of Police Ombudsman Commission who were accused of workplace harassment and breach of confidentiality, among other complaints.

On Wednesday, the outside firm released a 24-page report of its findings and concluded the commissioners engaged in eight violations of the city's ordinances, codes and charters that created the commission.

That prompted Mayor David Condon and Stuckart to hold a press conference on Wednesday calling for their resignations. Condon also sent the City Council a letter requesting that it begin the process to remove the commissioners in the event that they did not resign.

Of the eight findings cited by investigators, seven involved Dolezal, six involved Dominguez and four involved Berkompas.

The City Council set a hearing for June 24 to determine whether Dominguez should be removed, Coddington said.

While the independent investigators did uncover conduct that could be deemed criminal in nature, Coddington said there are no criminal complaints being contemplated at this time. He said the council did not discuss any criminal action either.

"That is unknown at this point in time," Coddington said when asked if the city intends to pursue charges. He said the city's main priority is to fill the city's ombudsman position and appoint new commissioners to the oversight commission as soon as possible.