City Council to Consider Letter Seeking Investigation of Hume

Will also deliberate proposed 2011 budget, e-Tran bus service changes

The Elk Grove City Council will once again discuss allegations that fellow Council Member Pat Hume made threats to a citizen of Elk Grove during the Wednesday, June 3 regular meeting.

While the city council decided at the last meeting to ask the Sacramento County Grand Jury to investigate allegations that Hume threatened a local citizen and her family, the exact nature of the requests were not finalized. At Wednesday's meeting the council will review a letter written seeking the investigation.

The matter had been previously referred to the Sacramento County Grand Jury by the Elk Grove Police Department. Elk Grove Police Chief Robert Lehner referred the matter so as not to give the appearance of a conflict of interest.

In their letter back to Lehner, the DA's office said that if a criminal trial against Hume were to proceed, a guilty verdict would be unlikely and the matter therefore should not be pursued. The attorney investigating the matter, Michael Blazina, is also the lead prosecutor in the criminal trial of former Elk Grove City Council member and former Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Mike Leary on real estate fraud charges.

2011 budget

While the council will deliberate the Hume letter as the second to last item of business on Wednesday, it will be likely be late in the night as the council will have a full agenda preceding it.

Perhaps the most time consuming matter will be council deliberations on the 2011 city budget. Additionally, among other items the council will consider are e-Tran bus service changes due to Regional Transit service cuts and language for a November ballot initiative seeking a changes to the city's utility user modernization measure.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm. The meeting can also be viewed online.