Wednesday, May 10, 2000
Lebanon city manager's actions probed
By Cindi Andrews
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — The city attorney is investigating whether the city manager erred in allegedly changing the time sheet of the new electric department director.
City Attorney Mark Yurick said a City Council member has asked him to look into that and several other allegations. He discussed his progress in a one-hour, closed-door meeting with council Tuesday night. Mr. Yurick did not identify the council member.
Mr. Yurick said he has reached no conclusions, but there are irregularities with a time sheet for electric director Dave Clark.
Mr. Clark said he briefly started work about a month ago, but then returned to Tennessee to finish packing. During his absence, a time sheet for him was submitted with 12 hours' work and 68 hours' vacation time, Mr. Yurick said. When it was rejected as containing more vacation time than Mr. Clark had, the time sheet — signed by City Manager James Patrick — was resub mitted with 56 work hours.
“If there was a record that was falsified, that's a problem,” Mr. Yurick said. “Whether there's some explanation for that is an investigation that's ongoing.”
Said Mr. Clark, who returned to work in Lebanon last week: “I know I was paid for some of (the time in Tennessee), but how much I really don't know.”
Mr. Patrick defended the time-sheet change Tuesday, saying Mr. Clark is a salaried employee.
“Even though he was gone he did put in some additional hours down there doing research for me, and I felt he was due that salary,” Mr. Patrick said.
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