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Morro Bay City Council terminates City Manager Yvonne Kimball

June 26, 2025

Yvonne Kimball

By KAREN VELIE

After less than two years on the job, Morro Bay City manager Yvonne Kimball was terminated on Tuesday.

The Morro Bay City Council voted 2-3 in closed session on Tuesday to dismiss Kimball without cause with Mayor Carla Wixom and Councilman Jeff Eckles dissenting. The council did not disclose the reason they dismissed Kimball.

Her last day was Tuesday.

The city plans to appoint a current employee to serve as acting city manager by the end of the week, Wixom said. The City Council is currently interviewing candidates for city attorney.

Kimball will receive six months severance, which is approximately $110,000, according to her contract.

 


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The complete lack of transparency by the city council is downright arrogant. An ethical city council would have a good reason for firing this person; the fact that no reason is given smells like the city council is hiding something. Actions like this breed distrust. Based on similar situations, there is a distinct possibility that this person was fired because she had ethics and a mind of her own, and would not do the city council’s bidding for them.


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Another DEI hiring disaster.


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Are you indicating that if they were a straight, white male being fired, it would just be a hiring disaster? Or is this straight up bigotry?


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With these gigs, if they are smart, knowing how city politics work, they will write in a severance and non disclosure clause in their employment contract. She obviously did that.


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Without cause huh? Maybe she had a backbone… They’re likely looking for nothing more than a stooge and or puppet so they can pull all the strings without consequence :/ Regardless this is a huge waste of money. Terrible work all around by everyone involved. F grade.


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Perhaps she was caught doing something naughty, and they agreed to a “no cause” termination in order to not expose her….


Everyone can speculate all they like, and then proceed to get upset over hypothetical ideas, but you’re just wasting your energy. Why not just keep it simple and blame Trump?


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Who is offering these contracts where after 2 years you are terminated and get $110,000 severance?!?


48

The government is. Surprised you didn’t know that.


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Many questions remain…


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“will receive six months severance, which is approximately $110,000, according to her contract.”, so many things wrong with this statement……..


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