Move to fire Ketchikan Borough manager fails

Two Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly members made a move Monday to fire Borough Manager Ruben Duran, who has been on the job about seven months.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Manager Ruben Duran. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
The motion to fire Duran failed in a 5-2 vote following an open discussion of his job performance.
Duran requested the discussion be in public rather than executive session.
After stating that this wasn’t a witch hunt, Assembly member Mike Painter led the charge against