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Orange County reports interim CEO appointment, multiple settlements and intervention in veteran‑cemetery lawsuit
Summary
County counsel told the Board of Supervisors the board appointed Chief Financial Officer Michelle Aguirre as interim county executive officer (4–0, Supervisor Doe absent), approved or authorized settlements including a proposed $365,000 dog‑bite settlement and a $125,000 civil‑rights counteroffer, and directed county counsel to intervene in a CEQA challenge to a veteran cemetery in Gypsum Canyon.
County counsel delivered the closed‑session report, saying the board appointed Chief Financial Officer Michelle Aguirre as interim county executive officer on a 4–0 vote with Supervisor Doe absent. Counsel said Aguirre "will execute the standard agreement required of all county executives."
Counsel reported the board approved a proposed $365,000 settlement in Sandra Atkinson v. County of Orange, describing the plaintiff as the wife of an Orange County Sheriff's Department canine deputy who was bitten at home and suffered an 8‑centimeter laceration to her face. Counsel also said…
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