Azusa : Moses Renamed to Panel
Mayor Eugene F. Moses was reappointed to the county Sanitation Districts governing board Tuesday by the City Council, three weeks after his council colleagues voted to remove him from the paid position.
Moses, who was admitted over the weekend to Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte because of bronchial asthma and gall bladder problems, was not at the meeting.
After Moses’ removal from the district board, City Atty. Peter M. Thorson ruled that it was illegal for anyone but the mayor to represent the city on the board because of district bylaws.
At the same meeting, the board removed Moses from the East San Gabriel Valley Consortium, an employment training agency. Moses receives $100 for the Sanitation Districts meetings and received $250 for consortium meetings.
Moses’ removal was part of the ongoing friction on the council, which culminated last month with the city’s request for the district attorney’s office to investigate travel expenditures of all council members. The district attorney is reviewing the alleged misappropriations, but has yet to respond to the request.
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