Colfax notice dropped chief perjury charge

The city's May 29 notice letter to former Colfax Police Chief Rick McNanny dropped the city's contention that he had committed perjury, one of the two causes cited in his Jan. 17 termination as police chief.

The letter was the object of an extended meeting of the Colfax Civil Service board session June 3 in which board members declined to recognize the letter and to continue with the hearing on the appeal which was filed by McNannay after his termination.

The city board decided June 4 to drop perjury, one of two causes listed in the termination, from consideration.

The mayor's May 29 notice le...