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National City council approves interim appointment of Scott Huth amid public allegations and calls for investigations
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously to appoint retired annuitant Scott Huth as interim city manager. Public commenters pressed the council to investigate alleged undue influence, a leaked closed‑session harassment complaint and a disputed Sweetwater Road and Orange Street project.
The National City City Council voted unanimously on a resolution to appoint retired annuitant Scott Huth as interim city manager.
The hire, presented by Lydia Flores Hernandez, director of human resources, follows public comment calling for investigations into alleged undue influence by the mayor’s assistant and for inquiry into a leak of a confidential harassment complaint. The HR director said Huth meets CalPERS requirements for a retired annuitant and summarized pay and work‑hour limits for the appointment.
Lydia Flores Hernandez told the council that “as a CalPERS retiree, he has already been retired more than 6 months, 180 days,” and said the city would pay Huth $130.88 per hour — the same rate as the prior city manager — with a maximum of 960 hours through June 30 and no associated benefits,…
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