City leaders in Irvine and Huntington Beach are calling for an audit of the green power agency they created, saying it has failed to be transparent with the public and city leaders.
The calls for an audit of the OC Power Authority came after a majority of the board of directors tried to call a meeting to consider firing their controversial CEO Brian Probolsky, who then filed a whistleblower complaint against them alleging corruption and double dealing to take over the agency.
But before they could talk about taking any action, the agency’s top lawyer Ryan Baron shut down the conversation.
Baron says that Huntington Beach Councilman Dan Kalmick, who was appointed as the city’s representative on the agency’s board last month, was improperly appointed and therefore can’t vote to call a special meeting – echoing a claim made by Probolsky in his whistleblower letter that Kalmick’s appointment violated open meeting laws.
Without Kalmick’s vote, there isn’t a majority willing to call for a discussion on Probolsky’s employment.
“I’m not sure what game is being played by OCPA’S Counsel, but the City of Huntington Beach won’t be left without representation on the OCPA Board,” Kalmick said in a text message.
In its early days, Baron suggested Probolsky for the role of CEO and also suggested Antonia Castro-Graham, the agency’s former chief operating officer who quit at the end of last year.
Baron did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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