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GET employees ask Bakersfield council for oversight after CEO removal; city staff say council authority limited to appointments
Summary
Golden Empire Transit employees urged city council intervention after the GET board removed its CEO and appointed a maintenance manager rather than conducting a nationwide search; city staff and the city attorney said the council’s authority is limited to appointing members, not direct oversight of GET operations.
Golden Empire Transit (GET) employees and riders used the public-comment period of the Oct. 23 Bakersfield City Council meeting to press for answers after the GET board removed CEO Michael Tree and appointed the system’s maintenance manager instead of conducting a nationwide search.
Yolanda Hayman, a GET coach operator, told the council that employees and passengers were…
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