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National City council, after heated public comment, agrees to mutual separation with city manager; public works director named acting manager
Summary
After hours of public comment alleging fiscal mismanagement and procedural misconduct, the National City Council agreed in closed session to a mutual separation with City Manager Ben Martinez effective immediately and appointed City Engineering Director Steve Maganello as acting city manager.
The National City Council announced in a closed-session report that it and City Manager Ben Martinez have agreed to a mutual separation effective immediately, and that the council appointed Steve Maganello, the city’s director of engineering and public works, as acting city manager.
City Attorney (speaker 18) told the council after closed session that the separation is effective immediately and that the vote on the separation carried by a 3–1 margin; the city attorney reported that the appointment of Maganello as acting city manager passed unanimously, 4–0. The council also…
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