Stockton Mayor Stepping Down As Boys & Girls Club CEO
STOCKTON (CBS13) — Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva is stepping aside as CEO of the Boys and Girls Club after eight years.
Silva's spokesman says it's a matter of the mayor needing to spend more time focused on being the mayor of the bankrupt city.
Critics, however, point out the announcement comes as another permit issue comes to light, costing the group hundreds of dollars in fees.
The chairman on the board, Guy Hatch, insists the decision to step down was Silva's alone.
"Working two jobs he's exhausted. It's wearing him out."
He insists this has nothing to do with pricey permit problems.
An invoice shows the city charged the group more than $200 for police services after a June block party that closed a street without a permit.
CBS13 has also obtained documents with a Public Records Act request showing the nonprofit failed to pay $55 to renew its alarm permit for 2013.
According to city records, Stockton sent not one, but two reminder letters, one of them signed by the mayor himself.
In April and June, the cops responded to two false alarms, and because the permit hadn't been renewed, the city charged the Boys & Girls Club $267 each time.
On Wednesday, the same day it was discovered he was stepping down, Silva wrote a check to the city. Instead of a $55 permit fee, it was for $591.67.
In all, the group has paid just shy of $825 in fees.
But the chairman says, 95 percent of the board is behind Silva, and even after he steps down as CEO he'll stay on, taking another position with the group.
The group is working what was described as a transition plan that would allow him to take a consultant position by the end of the year.
