FAIRFIELD — The city will issue a formal response to a grand jury report issued Thursday that cited some areas where the city could be exposed to potential conflict of interest, the interim city manager said Friday.
The grand jury looked into the matter after a citizen complaint and issued an 11-page report offering five recommendations – one of which was divided into three parts.
Interim City Manager Sean Quinn said the city will prepare a formal response and take it before the City Council on June 18 before submitting it to the grand jury.
The response will concentrate on three main areas, Quinn said. Those areas include portions of the report the city believes to be inaccurate, portions of the report that simply require a bit of clarification and portions where the grand jury offered good suggestions that the city will use to make some changes, Quinn said.
Quinn served as the longtime city manager before returning to the post on an interim basis while the city looks for a permanent replacement for former city manager David White, who accepted a city government position in Berkeley. Quinn said these types of grand jury reports into city policies and practices are fairly common.
“They do quite a few things where they look at city operations,” Quinn said. “I think grand juries are very important and it’s always good to have someone from the outside come and take a look at your operation.”
May 24, 2019
Fairfield Daily Republic
By Bill Hicks
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