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Former Centinela Valley Union High School District superintendent Jose Fernandez listens during his preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Fernandez was arrested in August 2017 on a dozen felony counts, including embezzlement by a public official, misappropriation of public funds, grand theft and conflict of interest. If convicted, Fernandez could be sentenced to up to 15 years in state prison. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)

D.A. Reviewing lifetime medical for retired Inglewood elected officials

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By 2UrbanGirls on September 1, 2020 Inglewood

INGLEWOOD – The Los Angeles District Attorney’s has confirmed they are reviewing a 2003 ordinance that provides lifetime medical benefits for retired Inglewood elected officials.

The ordinance came into question as Treasurer Wanda Brown publicly accused the City Council and City Manager Artie Fields of misappropriating $195,983 for medical benefits for past elected officials.

2UrbanGirls initiated a public records request where City Clerk Yvonne Horton confirmed that former Council members Jose Fernandez and Judy Dunlap are the only ones receiving lifetime medical benefits.

This contradicts a Daily Breeze article stating that benefits were also paid on behalf of former Mayor Roosevelt Dorn.

Related: Lifetime health benefits for former Inglewood council are illegal, treasurer claims

The 2003 ordinance passed on a 3-2 with Fernandez, Dunlap and Curren Price voting in favor.  Price’s second wife filed a claim, in January 2018, for medical premiums to be paid on her behalf which the city denied.

Fernandez served as the councilman for District 3 and groomed his protege, Eloy Morales, to succeed him.  A pulitzer prize winning investigation, into Fernandez’s shady dealings while heading the Centinela Valley Union High School District, revealed that Morales benefitted from Fernandez’s corruption.

Related: Inglewood Councilman Eloy Morales Jr. benefited from Centinela Valley’s crony culture

The ordinance in question allows retiring council members 120 days to declare if they wish to take the lifetime medical benefit, in exchange for a lump sum payment.

Brown said she approached both City Manager Artie Fields and Butts about receiving the benefits, but was told she did not qualify because she isn’t a department head or an executive.

City Clerk Yvonne Horton does appear to have a dual role as both an elected official AND a city employee as she is covered under the collective bargaining agreement under Section IV of the Inglewood Executive Organization (IEO) Memorandum of Understanding, which covers city department heads.  Approved salary ordinances between 2010 and 2018 show Horton’s salary has increased, for performing “extra” duties, that at times she falls short on fulfilling.

It is unclear why the city clerk is covered under a collective bargaining agreement and the treasurer isn’t.

**update**

The District Attorney’s office has yet to render a decision on the complaint filed in this matter.

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