During tonight’s City Council meeting, Mayor Mike Wiggins recommended a motion to discipline City Attorney Rusty Wells by fining him three days pay for inappropriate e-mails he sent to a city employee during a Council meeting in April.
The decision stemmed from a motion passed made during the committee of the whole on Monday to investigate the e-mails that Councilmember Maren DeWeese brought forward to the Council. DeWeese made a motion to terminate Wells because of their nature, but Wiggins made an amending motion to conduct an independent investigation because he had not had sufficient time to review the e-mails.
That motion passed 6-2, with Councilmembers DeWeese and Sam Hall descending. Â Larry B. Johnson and P.C. Wu were absent from the meeting.
In a second motion, Wiggins recommended a motion to hire an independent party to investigate additional e-mails that were brought forward by Councilmember Maren DeWeese to city staff on Wednesday that imply an innappropriate relationship with a city employee.
That motion failed 5-3.