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Richmond City Manager Terminated
By a 4-3 vote in Executive Session the Richmond City Council voted to terminate the contract with recently hired City Manager Carlos Martinez.
Councilmembers Choi and Myrick joined Mayor Butt in voting to retain Martinez with Councilmembers Martinez, Johnson, Bates and Willis voting to terminate.
Martinez started his term as the City Manager last October with a five year contract after serving in a similar position at East Palo Alto.
Martinez has been struggling to close the $7+ million budget deficit he inherited. Considering that there were scant few programs left to cut, reducing the costs of City personnel was one of the few remaining options.
Read more: http://www.radiofreerichmond.com/richmond_city_manager_terminated