New Details – San Luis City Council officially removes city manager
Tadeo De La Hoya was placed on administrative leave last week and was offically voted out by San Luis City Council - no reason revealed
SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The city of San Luis has officially voted to permanently remove city manager Tadeo De La Hoya from his position.
The City Council placed De La Hoya on administrative leave last month by a vote of four-to-three. On Wednesday night, the council voted again to officially make the decision final. Some members of the community, including the mayor, say they don't understand the reasoning behind the decision.
The meeting agenda posted on the city's website also listed an item where there was a possibility of removing De La Hoy from administrative leave and reinstating him as city manager. The full agenda can be found here.
Protestors even made that point before last week's City Council meeting. They demonstrated again before Wednesday night's meeting, where they were also able to provide pubic comment in front of the council members.
Former San Luis vice mayor Maria Cecilia Cruz was among those who voiced their frustrations.
"Those four votes, they're going to hear from the people when it’s time," Cruz said following the meeting.
"They’re going to want to get reelected, so it’s frustrating we lost an amazing administrator, as I’ve said before he’s taken care of the city, he’s worked for the city 20 plus years, and that’s how they repay him”.
San Luis Mayor Gerardo Sanchez was one of the council members who voted to keep Tadeo on. He says that removing De La Hoya now is going to make things difficult, especially with local elections coming up soon.
“We are not so far away from an election, so it’s going to be very difficult to hire a city administrator anywhere," Sanchez said.
"It takes like six months, but with the whole situation election right around the corner who would want to come?”
Following the official vote to remove De La Hoya, it was announced that negotiations on a severance package would begin.
De La Hoya has declined to comment for this story.
