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SeaTac city manager names acting city attorney, sets Feb. 11 update on ethics complaints and personnel investigations

2233105 · January 28, 2025
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New City Manager Jonathan Yang told the council he appointed an acting city attorney to review an ethics complaint and will return Feb. 11 with the acting attorney's report; he also outlined plans to review ongoing personnel investigations and said he has engaged outside counsel to advise on employment matters.

City Manager Jonathan Yang told the SeaTac City Council on Jan. 28 that he has appointed an acting city attorney and engaged outside counsel to review recent ethics complaints and personnel investigations, and he pledged to return to council with an investigative report on Feb. 11.

At the start of the meeting a resident, Errol Simpson, used public comment to read a proposed resolution asking the council to fine Deputy Mayor Iris Guzman and to find she violated the city’s code of ethics for remarks Simpson attributed to Guzman during a Dec. 10 council meeting. Simpson asked the council to waive rules and consider his resolution that would fine the deputy mayor $1,000 and issue a public reprimand. The council did not take that request up during public comment.

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