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Holtville council selects mayor and mayor pro tem amid heated exchange over past conduct
Summary
Council opened nominations and voted to select a mayor and mayor pro tem; the leadership selection triggered a heated exchange in which one council member accused another of storming out of a prior meeting and behaving inappropriately, with rebuttals recorded on the record.
The Holtville City Council opened nominations for mayor and then for mayor pro tem and conducted votes to fill each role. During the leadership selection period, council members exchanged sharp criticisms about conduct at previous meetings.
During nominations one council member accused another of having "stormed out" of a prior meeting, attempting to embarrass a colleague and failing to apologize for the conduct. The remarks included an explicit rebuke that the behavior was not how a mayor should act; the accused council member disputed that characterization and defended their actions as standing up for their belief and the city.
Council then proceeded to vote. A roll-call vote on the mayor nomination was recorded with one 'No' vote (John Munger) and the motion carried. After the vote the duly selected mayor took the gavel and immediately opened the floor for nominations for mayor pro tem and presided over the swearing-in of the leadership.
The council did not take any disciplinary action during the meeting; the exchange remained part of the public record in the meeting minutes.
