Armando Villa is Menifee’s city manager and is on administrative leave with pay. Valley News/Courtesy photo
A substitute Menifee city attorney, who was standing in for city attorney Jeff Melching, announced City Manager Armando Villa has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an internal investigation, following a Menifee City Council closed session meeting Wednesday, Oct. 18.The announcement was made minutes before the Menifee City Council called its third Thursday meeting to order at Menifee City Hall.“By a 3 to 2 vote by council members Karwin, Estrada and Deines in a majority, city manager Villa has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the completion of a comprehensive and internal personnel investigation,” according to the substitute city attorney on Item 3 out of closed session. “This action is not punitive or disciplinary. It is simply to allow
