MONTEBELLO — In a special meeting Monday evening, the City Council officially accepted the resignation of Interim City Administrator Randy Narramore.

Narramore submitted his resignation sometime after a contentious meeting July 21 in which his hiring of Ken Rulon as the city’s new police chief was criticized.

Rulon also is no longer with the city, meaning the council needs to fill five key posts: city administrator, police chief, fire chief, finance director and human resources director.

Narramore and Rulon knew each other from the Huntington Park Police Department, where Narramore served as chief 1995 to 2006. Rulon was a member of the Huntington Police Department from 1986 to 2003, when he left to become chief of police in Colton.

Rulon was fired by the city of Colton in 2007 after the police officers association there gave him an overwhelming vote of no confidence in his leadership.

Rulon has since sued the city of Colton for $10 million, claiming he was fired in retaliation for alerting the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office about the misuse of a city-issued credit card by a member of the city council. The suit is still pending.

Narramore was serving his second stint as interim city administrator.

He first held the post from March 2007 to January 2008 after the City Council fired former City Administrator Richard Torres. A new council majority rehired Torres 10 months later.

Narramore again replaced Torres last fall when Torres retired.

He had also been serving the city as interim police chief since December when he placed former Chief Dan Weast on administrative leave. Weast resigned from his post on January and Rulon was supposed to take his place.

The city also is facing a major budget deficit and is seeking to hire new management personnel while breaking in an inexperienced City Council. Four of the five council members have been elected since last November.

Mayor Bill Molinari, with almost 30 years of council experience, is the only veteran councilman.

City Attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman has held that post for 12 of the last 13 years and also served on the City Council prior to that.