8/12/2019 Petition to Terminate the Current City Administator

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PETITION TO TERMINATE THE CURRENT CITY ADMINISTRATOR

We identifY below but a few actions which we believe have been contrary to both the long-term

financial stability and international reputation of this community:

1 The creation of policies reflecting a lack of transparency regarding disclosure of public

information as demonstrated by:

a. The refusal to produce docwnents in a timely fashion and in the fonnat prescnbed by

law. (Resulting in the community being identified as having the most recalcitrant

government officials in the State ).

b. The hirin oflawyers outside the community, at great taxpayer expense, to

handle requests for public information that have been handled by City staff for decades.

2.The terminations or resignations of the newly hired City Clerk and about a dozen City

employees with hundreds of years of institutional and historical knowledge, most of whom havebeen replaced by out-of-town individuals who have no vested interest in the community, at

suspiciously hi h salaries and benefits, two of whom commute weekly from their homes in

Redondo Beach and Ventura.

3.The deaccessioning of City art valued at more than a quarter million dollars and sold for $9,548.

1.Actions that have resulted in a number of lawsuits and unasserted pending causes of action,

which expose the community to significant financial loss and litigation expense .

5.The spending of approximately $274,000 on computer experts (including a forensic expert) to

supportclaims of employee misconduct without

anyidentified wrongdoing, despite assurancesfrom the Mayor that such reports would be forthcoming no later thanjanuary 2014.

6. Violation of Municipal Code 3.12.530 re splitting of contracts to avoid the necessity

of complying with the requirement that contract., in excess of $25,000 dollars, receive City Council

approval, e.g. the Mark Alcock contracts.

7. Failure to set priorities for the repair and reopening of the historic Forest Theater and the

disposition of Flanders.

8. The City budget has paid out funds to 4 out-of-town law firms when we have a City Attorney.

This does not adhere to the City's local hirin policy. The new fiscal year budget of $24,000,000

appears top-heavy as it includes an Executive Assistant for the Mayor and City Administrator (a

first), and since April2012, an increase of 10 FTE s and projected for the new Fish /Cal year of

about $500,000 for IT upgrades.

9. The projected costs of $900,000 to bui ld a new two stall restroom at the south end of Carmel

Beach at Santa Lucia.