Brian Probolsky is hanging onto his seat as CEO of Orange County’s green power agency as an outside investigator looks at the claims in his whistleblower complaint, despite some board members calling for his termination.
Some board members have been trying to call a meeting to discuss firing him for a month, including Huntington Beach Councilman Dan Kalmick and Buena Park City Councilwoman Susan Sonne, whose cities have both approved votes of no confidence in Probolsky’s work.
Their attempts to call a special meeting earlier this month were thwarted by the agency’s chief legal counsel Ryan Baron, who said Kalmick’s appointment to the board was handled improperly.
After they called for a meeting to discuss Probolsky’s employment, he released a whistleblower complaint alleging Kalmick and Huntington Beach Councilman Mike Posey, who previously served as the city’s representative on the board, were engaging in double dealing and corruption.
A grand jury report earlier this month backed up the board members seeking to remove Probolsky, which repeatedly questioned his expertise and said the agency displayed a troubling lack of transparency.
When the board finally met to discuss the issue on Wednesday morning, they spent an hour and a half behind closed doors before ultimately reporting no action.
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