I was chatting with La Puente Mayor Louie Lujan recently and he informed that the City has decided to keep Frank Tripepi on through the end of the year essentially as La Puente’s interim city manager.

“We’re very confident and comfortable with his management style at City Hall,” Lujan said. “In the meantime, the position is still open but at the same time we know Tripepi has agreed to stay on through end of the year.”

Guess that means recent interviews for a permanent replacement didn’t go as well as planned.

When I asked Lujan what Tripepi’s salary would be, he said that’s still being worked out. When a $20,000/monthly contract was approved with Tripepi’s company Willdan Financial Services in October, Lujan reasoned that it gave the city about about five and half months of pay to Willdan without exceeding current budgeted costs.

Obviously, that’s going to change since those five months are up about March.