Remember the General Services Division employees who decided to “retire” after being caught in potential scandals? The CA reports that the GSD is THROWING A PARTY for them. One hopes it’s NOT on City time:
The city’s troubled General Services Division is planning to celebrate the careers of three employees who have recently resigned under scandal.
Interim General Services Director Rebecca Kissinger has signed memos requesting mementos from the mayor’s office and the City Council for Arthur Adams, Annette Clay and John Love.
In addition, GS is planning “a celebration” for Adams and Love on July 25.
Really??? So why again are they leaving?
All three have been implicated in a city investigation into a Fleet Services contract with Around Town Tire and Trucking, which has drawn the interest of federal investigators.
A City Attorney’s Office investigation released several weeks ago focused on the Fleet Services contract with Around Town Tire.
The investigation by Asst. City Atty. Gerald Thornton shows several contractual violations by Around Town Tire, such as not maintaining proper facilities for tire repair and using city facilities and workers to fulfill its contract.
Wait, isn’t this also the situation where they were selling 42-inch flatscreen TVs??? Why, yes it is:
Adams had purchased three 42-inch flat-screen televisions through a vendor that had a city contract for auto parts, All Parts. Adams also ordered parts for his Cadillac Escalade through another city contract with a company called Union Auto Parts, according to the report.
The only thing anyone should be celebrating is that these folks are off the city’s payroll. This is EXACTLY the sort of thing Rick Masson was brought in to fix, but it seems he still has much to do in changing the culture at GSD.