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Yes, both the City Attorney and the City Clerk received votes of confidence. it is interesting that at least one person believes that Dotson "was put in his place" at the Council meeting. What "place" was that exactly? Council is supposed to supervise and oversee the City Manager. They DONT do it, but it IS their job and role to do that. Dotson is the only one who takes that responsibility seriously and frequently points out errors in judgement (Giglio), failures to do what is asked of him (DERM), and constant and continuous change orders and cost overruns in each and EVERY construction project the City manager is associated with. Dotson could have also thrown in the "forgotten" water, sewer, and electric hookups for the bathrooms, and the outrageous bills for connecting them, the electricity we paid for Santana, paying at least TRIPLE the usual and customary costs for the CC enclosure, and other fiascos and debacles that seem to occur regularly on his watch. After all those facts and figures have been presented, the best Gym can come up with is a questionable recollection several months ago? I have known Chet Fields for over thirty years and have considered him a friend, but after his past two comments in Open Forum praising the Council and blasting Paul Dotson, that is not the positive, friendly, and helpful guy I have known over the years. It is a sad thing to witness, as I obviously dont know him, or agree with him, now. How he can make those statements with a straight face is beyond my comprehension. I am witnessing a shell of the principled and positive guy I used to know, and its sad to watch. Dr. Mel P. Johnson