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Gene Neely will not be returning to head the Lathrop Manteca Fire District.
The longtime district employee – who spent more than a decade at the helm of the department – has officially retired, effective Friday, April 23.
He has been on administrative leave for more than a month for an unspecified reason.
According to Lathrop Manteca Fire Board President Gloryanna Rhodes, that information had not been made available to the board when they met in closed session last week to discuss Neely and matters surrounding his employment.
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