Heber City Council voted to officially remove Jami Hewlett, a Wasatch County Council candidate and Heber City Planning Commission alternate member, from the Planning Commission last night.Earlier this week, Mayor Heidi Franco sent Hewlett a letter asking her to resign. If she did not, Franco wrote that the City Council would be forced to take a public vote.  This vote follows a month-long debate surrounding Hewlett’s actions where she publicly distributed a letter she wrote falsely attributing Winston Lee of Lee Music. In the letter, Hewlett raised concerns about Heber City’s downtown plans. Lee did not share those concerns. “My opinion is that she used my building and my name to push her own agenda,” Lee wrote in a letter to Councilor Yvonne Barney. “I think in her mind, she thought she was doing what was best for the community without thinking about how it would hurt me.”Heber City Council released a statement this morning on the matter.“As public servants, we hold ourselves to the highest codes of conduct to behave in a manner befitting the community and citizens that we represent,” the statement reads. “Public trust and integrity are mandatory for elected and appointed officers recommending City policy. Accountability regarding policy or ethical conduct violations must be observed to preserve the sanctity of the institution.”Barney said in the meeting that the City Council was hoping for a “reasonable outcome from all of this.” But, when she received Lee’s letter, Barney realized this was a matter she could not set aside. The decision was brought to the table last night after it was delayed earlier this week by City Councilor Aaron Cheatwood, with support from Franco. “I did not want anything to interfere with an election that could either cause confusion or momentum in either direction,” Cheatwood said. “I made it clear that I did not want to or don’t want to remove this person. I am somewhat disappointed to be handling this on November 5.”Of the five council members, Cheatwood was the only city councilor to vote against the motion.Hewlett entered the City Council chambers ahead of the vote alongside her husband, Michael. Both were hoping for a chance to comment on the matter before the decision was made. They were not given the opportunity. “I just would have liked to share a letter myself,” Hewlett said after the meeting. “I just would have liked the chance to voice my side of the story and share my own letter that would be read in council.”At the start of the meeting, Franco said that she hopes the City Council will shift their focus going forward to serve the public “instead of attacking each other.”“We need to personally try to set the example that personal attacks or personal grievances are not needed here. We need to be better than that.”The post Heber City Council votes to remove Planning Commission alternate  appeared first on Park Record.