City council votes to remove city secretary, appoint interim and direct election coordination with county

The Alpine city council moved into executive session to discuss personnel matters related to the city secretary and then, in open session, took three unanimous actions. A councilmember moved to “remove from office City Secretary Geo Calderon and direct [the] city manager for termination of employment effective tomorrow, June 10th.” The motion was seconded and the council recorded five affirmative votes, approving the removal.

The council then approved appointing Clarinda Espinoza as interim city secretary, “starting at the entry-level City Secretary pay based on our employment study from Evergreen.” That motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

Finally, the council directed the city manager to work with Brewster County elections officials to support the city for the upcoming November election. That motion also passed by unanimous voice vote.

The meeting record states the notice for the special meeting was posted by 2:00 p.m. on June 3, 2026; the transcript does not specify the calendar date the meeting convened, though it records times at 5:30 p.m. (call to order), entry into executive session at 5:32 p.m., return to open session at 6:39 p.m., and adjournment at 6:41 p.m. The council did not identify the individual mover or seconder by name in the transcript; votes were recorded as five "I" (affirmative) responses. The transcript uses two spellings for the city secretary removed ("Geo Calderon" and later "Geo Calvaron"); this article follows the first spelling used in the transcript, "Geo Calderon."