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Allegations fly as Coburg fights budget hole.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-OCT-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Allegations fly as Coburg fights budget hole.(Government)(The former city recorder raises a host of issues in announcing plans to sue over her termination)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard

COBURG - The big financial hits just keep on coming for this small city. So far this year, the City Council has discovered a budget shortfall of at least $230,000, fired its city recorder and accepted police Chief Mike Hudson's resignation from his parallel job as city administrator.

Now, fired City Recorder Peggy de Montmorency has announced plans to sue, charging she was singled out for scrutiny and held to a different standard than other employees because she knew that Hudson was using "certain city funds or property as his own."

Coburg also has been named in a defamation lawsuit filed Oct. 22 by a former police reserve officer, who is seeking $11 million in damages.

Hudson said this week that Mayor Judy Volta had investigated and cleared him of de Montmorency's allegations when the former recorder raised them at about the time the council placed de Montmorency on paid administrative leave July 29. Volta confirmed Thursday that she had laid some allegations to rest, but said the city is continuing to investigate others.

Details emerge

After a 2 1/2 -hour, nonpublic session Tuesday night, the City Council voted unanimously to terminate de Montmorency, the...

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