Upland mayor confident firing city manager was right move

UPLAND - The city is withholding details of former City Manager Robb Quincey's termination, but Mayor Ray Musser said Thursday the right decision was made.

The City Council unanimously voted to release Quincey during a special closed session meeting on Wednesday, citing breach of employment agreement and four causes of failure to follow specific City Council direction

Council members are waiting for City Attorney William Curley to officially notify Quincey before going into the details of his termination, Musser said.

"I feel good about the decision. I feel good that we united 100 percent," Musser said. "Upland is going in a new direction."

A statute in the city's municipal code prohibited the council from terminating Quincey within 180 days of an election if a new council member was elected. Councilman Gino L. Filippi was elected on Nov. 2.

The council met for nearly two hours discussing Quincey's employment future.

"There was good, healthy discussion," Musser said. "It was not a quick vote obviously. We took two and a half hours of reading materials and looking at documents and communicating across the table different ideas. It was just a good process."

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