City Council of Alliance, discuss public information leaks

At a special meeting on April 28, the Alliance city council discussed its options after the council members who enabled the city clerk Shelbi Pitt to transfer the role to someone for a certain period of time in order to re -transfer the role to someone.

An e -mail with an proposed contract was leaked and shared on social media. Vice Mayor Tearza Mashburn opened the agenda item by reading an explanation of the leak.

“First of all, I will first find that the lack of considerations that do not take into account the city's employees and employees on this matter is horrific,” said Mashburn. “Too targeted and with malice, the direct employee of the damage to the Council's Council, the Shelbi, under our direct control of the belief of other city workers, does not collect a proposal, or to give the opportunity to read it before you believe that it is necessary to guide or give an external member.” Is wrong. “

Mashburn said this leak damaged its trust in the confidentiality of information. She said she wanted the council to work together, but a violation like this, there are negative effects.

“But if a violation of confidentiality occurs, this has a negative impact on my trust, my respect and patience with the person in question,” said Mashburn. “I think a body works together with a measure of consideration and appreciation, which was not proven with three information violations.”

She encouraged the advice to think about the broader effects of leaked information, and found that the effects of a violation on the decision -making process of the council and the reflection of the city of alliance and the reflection of the city.

Kevin Horn gave public comments and apologized to Pitt for everything she had to endure due to this infringement. He said that it was poisonous to see the contributions to the leaked information on social media, which caused him not to follow certain social media sites.

Mashburn asked the person who had leaked the information to report.

“I would just like the person who damaged the trust of the Council and the city staff to take responsibility for their wrong,” said Mashburn. “The e -mail was given to eight people and seven people are in this room.”

The only one who was not present was the city's lawyer. The only other people who received the e -mail were the city council members and the city administrator. She also found that the potential locations for the security center were also leaked through. Council member Jay Weisgerber took responsibility for the leak of the possible locations for the security center.

“I was responsible,” said Weisgerber. “That was mine. I thought it was brought up to a budget meeting when we talked about it, not in the executive.”

Mashburn thanked Weisgerber and found that the other leak of information in the Executive meeting included personal information. Mayor John McGhehey said that the article was on discussion whether the council would like to initiate an internal examination of the leaks. He took over the property of the situation and ultimately recommended that the council not start an internal examination.

“I will take on a certain property of this problem,” said McGhehey. “From good intentions, Shelbi asked the city windows to prepare a potential contract to consider whether she had a good replacement for her when she left the city. This was done because she took care of her job. She takes care of the city and she wanted to help the city to survive the learning pain. Wanted to be time, I announced her resignation.

“The damage was caused by Shelbi,” said McGhehey. “I think an investigation will cost money that I think I can better spend in other areas for the Allianz citizens. We can spend the time and time of employees in other areas for the citizens of alliance instead of doing this investigation.”

Pitt said this whole situation had reduced morality in the departments and between department heads.

“You are no longer on the advice when you are able to share things and bring it with you,” said Pitt. “It not only damaged that my family, my personal life, I myself damaged it as my career. My children were affected at school and were bothered by other children because of their parents and the poisonous social media side who believe that the citizens of the Allianz is okay to say things without information, without true facts and without a background.”

Mashburn said she did not agree with McGhehey and noted that the money could be saved and trust in the organization could be restored if the person responsible could be strengthened.

“I think we have to give an example and a precedent that bad behavior is not rewarded, bad behavior will not be acceptable, and our organization is not damaged here,” said Mashburn.

Mashburn applied for approving the hiring of a third party to investigate the leak and reporting the results that offer to use 5,000 US dollars of the Council's emergency funds for the costs.

“Or the person can climb us and save us money and time,” said Mashburn.

Weisgerber said he did not agree with Mashburn and said that they had to get the situation behind. Due to the lack of a second, the movement died.

Weisgerber said he didn't think he was responsible and noticed that he spoke to a former council member.

“I didn't intentionally done anything and I hadn't expected to hear about it the next day when it happened,” said Weisgerber. “But I admit that I did one in the public security center. As I said, I thought it was in a budget hearing, and I didn't know that this was people, public, it was not an e -mail that I shared. And I had nothing to do with the other two.”

Karen Trussell offered public comments and noticed that she had shared the comments and frustration on social media and said there was no excuse for Pitt's attack.

“However, there is every reason for the community to bring this to light that seems to be accessible behind closed doors and outside the public,” said Trussell. “When a community member Miss Pitt's public conversation on the approval for work and the alarm bells, it was clear that the council came into being in a special meeting in the fight against damage to calm down the swarm of angry taxpayers that discovered that the leak's leak has taken the source of the leak. Laws.

Trussell said that Pitt's explanation is working from a distance to offer the next city clerk an apprenticeship, “seems to be an dishonest assertion.” She asked for the transparency of the Council and to hold the council members for their decisions.

Sheila Walker stated a public comment and said that the situation for the entire city was sad and found that an investigation sowed more dissatisfaction and further divided the citizens.

Denise Yocum also offered public comments and said that there were other ways to examine leaks in the city, especially the Alliance Police Department that were not taken. She said she supported an investigation and said that if she did not carry out an investigation, she would lose more confidence in the city. She also asked if Weisgerber had resigned. Weisgerber replied that at that time he would not withdraw and decided to stay in the council until this was settled.

Larry Bolinger also spoke and supported an examination of the leaks, which indicated an application for review. Weisgerber asked Bolinger whether he would support money for the expenditure for the investigation, and Bolinger replied that he would support this and that this would be described as a “serious violation”.

The council member Travis Turman declared his decision not to apply for Mashburn's application in the high costs of carrying out the investigation. He also asked the person responsible to own the mistake. He also advised his colleagues not to use external e -mails for the city business.

McGhehey replied to Trussell's comments and noted that the contract that was leaked through the council had to come before the council at an open session to be approved and repeated that it was only a draft.

“This is sad that so many people have commented on something in public that they had very little about,” said McGhehey. “Very little know. They didn't know the whole story. I only warned people. You can always get me an e -mail address from the city. You give you my phone number because I have authorized you to publish my phone number.

Weisgerber said he received almost 100 texts and e -mails about the situation and found that he tried to explain the problems to each of them. He said he was threatened with a recall.

“I was in Shelbi because I know the work that she has been here since mine,” said Weisgerber.

There were no other applications before the council and the meeting was postponed.