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Former Keyes CSD general manager urges county oversight after alleged secret sessions and questionable finances
Summary
At the public comment period Dec. 9, former Keyes Community Services District general manager Ernie Garza accused the KCSD board of secret closed sessions, improper promotion and misuse of funds, and a recent sewer rate increase including an unexplained $3 million capital reserve; he asked the Board of Supervisors to investigate and refer the matters to LAFCO, the state controller and the grand jury.
During public comment at the Dec. 9 Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors meeting, former Keyes Community Services District (KCSD) general manager Ernie Garza alleged governance failures at KCSD and called on the county to exercise oversight.
Garza said the KCSD board terminated him after multiple closed sessions in which his performance was discussed, that the board promoted an employee despite documented misuse of public…
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