COSTA MESA Scheer’s settlement not sitting well...

COSTA MESA

Scheer’s settlement not sitting well with deputy

Deputy City Atty. Marianne Milligan is the sole defendant not to

sign off on a settlement agreement the city reached with former City

Attorney Jerry Scheer in October.

Milligan said she hasn’t signed off on the agreement because doing

so would prevent her from filing claims against the city or Scheer in

the future.

“I may have potential claims against the city,” Milligan said.

The lawsuit, filed by Scheer in September, makes 29 complaints

against the defendants including violation of the Family and Medical

Leave Act, slander, libel and retaliation. Besides Milligan, the

defendants named are Mayor Gary Monahan, Councilwoman Libby Cowan and

former Councilwomen Karen Robinson and Linda Dixon.

* Public Services Director Bill Morris and Recreation Manager Jana

Ransom met with seven residents of the Mesa del Mar neighborhood

Tuesday. While the meeting was designed to keep them apprised of how

things are going with the TeWinkle Park skate park, some residents

used the opportunity to vent their opposition to the project.

On Monday, the council will decide whether to rehire the same

company that designed the Charle-Hamilton skate park so those plans

can be tweaked for the TeWinkle Park site.

-- Deirdre Newman