Fillmore’s mayor has alleged that a councilwoman violated California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act, when she told a newspaper the results of a closed session evaluating the city manager. -db
Ventura County Star
October 18, 2010
By Mike Harris
In the latest in a string of alleged Brown Act violations by Fillmore City Council members, Mayor Patti Walker has accused Councilwoman Laurie Hernandez of disclosing to a newspaper the confidential job evaluation of embattled City Manager Yvonne Quiring.
Walker made the accusation in an Oct. 6 memo to the council. She cited a Sept. 30 article in the Manteca Bulletin in San Joaquin County that reported Hernandez revealed the results of Quiring’s performance review. The review was conducted by the council Sept. 28 in closed session.
The article quoted Hernandez as saying three of the council members, including Walker, gave Quiring “a clean bill of health.” Hernandez said she was one of two council members who cast dissenting votes.
Among the communities the newspaper covers is Lathrop, where Quiring was city manager from 2007 until October 2008, when she resigned at the request of the City Council.
Hernandez’ disclosure, Walker alleged, was a violation of the Brown Act, California’s open-meeting law.
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