Hemet’s newly council elected Mayor Russ Brown takes the gavel and new Mayor Pro Tem Linda Krupa gets ready to open the Dec.10 Hemet City Council reorganization meeting. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
The Hemet City Council conducted their
annual reorganization and named councilmember Russ Brown as the new
mayor at the Dec. 10 meeting and honored police Chief Rob Webb for
his long service to the city before his upcoming retirement.Regular business resulted in the
council recommending approval in hiring Interim City Manager
Christopher Lopez as the city’s new city manager with a request to
investigate information on the matter of his employment agreement
being made public outside of the closed session, which is a violation
of the Brown Act.A motion was made by Councilmember
Karlee Meyer and seconded by Councilmember Michael Perciful to
terminate the city’s law firm and city attorney Eric Vail with a 30
to 60 day notice and was defeated in a 3-2 vote by the five-member
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