Councilwoman Kris Murray cast a vote this year to approve a
report by a subsidiary of Willdan Group, which employs her as its
senior vice president, city records show.
Bob Wingenroth takes the helm after City Manager Thomas Wood’s
resignation.
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Sources close to City Hall say Thomas Wood and key members of
the City Council had been at odds for some time before he was asked
to resign last week. The city’s business community, meanwhile, is
shocked and confused.
It is the third high-level departure since Voice of OC
investigations raised conflict of interest questions regarding the
city’s building division.
The largest contract the city manager may sign without council
approval was reduced from $250,000 to $100,000.
The discussion comes on the heels of revelations showing
questionable outsourcing decisions in the city’s building
division.
Charles Abbott Associates received the vast majority of
Anaheim’s outsourced plan check work while company employee Steve
Ahuna was working in the city’s building division.
Mayor Tom Tait said the city must be concerned about perceptions
of conflict.
Residents of a mobile home neighborhood beside the Gene Autry
Way expansion in Anaheim say construction is causing them both
aggravation and health problems.
Mayor Tom Tait and City Council members hear residents of a
low-income neighborhood talk about the daily dangers they face.
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