text: Redlands fires city manager following sexual harassment claims – Redlands Daily Facts
  Redlands fires city manager following sexual…
  PUBLISHED: November 6, 2018 at 7:06 p.m. | UPDATED: November 6, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.
  A month after placing him on paid administrative leave, the Redlands City Council has fired City Manager N. Enrique Martinez.
  The council's action was announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, following a closed session that preceded the council's regularly scheduled meeting.
  City spokesman Carl Baker said the council gave no cause for Martinez's termination. But the city's top administrator is accused of sexually harassing former human resources director Amy Hagan, who has threatened to sue the city.
  The city put Martinez, who has denied the allegations, on leave in early October, leading Martinez to threaten to sue if he wasn't reinstated.
  Neither Martinez nor his attorney could be reached for comment late Tuesday.
  Hagan could not immediately be reached, but her attorney, Sagar Raich, expressed satisfaction with the council's action.
  "At this point we feel that the city is taking a step in the right direction to address Ms. Hagan's concerns," Raich said. "We hope that the city continues to uphold its policies and procedures and we hope that we continue to get justice for Ms. Hagan."
  In August, Hagan filed a legal demand seeking nearly $500,000 to resolve outstanding health care claims she says the city promised her when she left at the beginning of the year. In it her demand, she accused Martinez of sexual harassment.
  On Sept. 17, Hagan filed a Charge of Discrimination against the city with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
  The council put Martinez on leave on Oct. 5, and following that Martinez filed a complaint with the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing, and requested an immediate right-to-sue notice. In the complaint, Martinez claimed he was discriminated against for his ethnicity and his age.
  At that point, his attorney, Terry Goldberg, said a lawsuit could be in store if the city does not reinstate his client.
  On Oct. 16, the City Council appointed an interim city manager – Janice McConnell, Martinez's assistant.