
The Menifee City Council followed up on a suggestion to form a Veterans Advisory Committee in a long discussion with veterans attending the Wednesday, April 17, meeting at city hall.The discussion was led by Maria Mitchell, director of Menifee Community Services, who explained the staff was following up on a suggestion in October that the council, since it considered the city with a large number of veterans and veteran friendly, to form an ad hoc committee or advisory committee to invite more veterans to have a say in city affairs. Council member Dean Deines, who is a veteran, made the initial suggestion.Attending the meeting were several veterans and representatives from MilVet, a local veterans organization that encouraged the council to form such a committee but suggested the in