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EDITOR:
I went to GDPUD’s Aug. 21 special meeting to see for myself what was really happening in these meetings, and I was shocked at the rude and offensive behavior. A board member, Norm Krizl, yelled at Kathy Otermat, “We don’t care about your job!”
I think that opened the door to others who interrupted Kathy when she tried to talk.
The whole time, President Ray Griffths said nothing.
Kathy asked Ray to do something about the disruption when she tried to speak, and Ray accused her of trying to tell him what to do.
Isn’t that what a Board President is suppose to do? Maintain order? Kick out people if they can’t wait their turn to speak?
Finally the attorney yelled at the crowd to let the person at the podium speak.
I think it is time clean up this Board to throw out the incumbents. After four years, the incumbents Norm Krizl and Bonnie Neeley should know by now how to bring civility back to the Board meetings. It was very obvious that these incumbents had no intention of doing that. Go to flushthewaste.com to either listen to the meeting audio or read the transcript.
MICHAEL TARLECKI
Garden Valley
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GDPUD taxpayerSeptember 10, 2012 - 7:34 am
I went to Maria Capraun's website www.maria4gdpud.com and found this, so I copied and pasted her comments. It gave a quick review and outlined the time frame August 21, 2012 Special Board meeting was held to handle complaint from employees regarding a Director's action on August 8, 2012. This was handled poorly by the Management. Based on information presented at the meeting. The employees made the complaint on August 8, then Management contacted the legal counsel on August 9 and union was also notified. Legal counsel took no immediate action. Legal counsel then wrote a letter to the Director and emailed the Board president and the Director that he was sending a letter in regards to the issue of August 8 on August 14. The Director in question responded on August 16, 2012 on having received the email. This email requested all information the Director had obtained in the past, which would take the Director time and the letter was not attached to the email. On August 19, 2012 the Board president decided he was calling a meeting, 12 days after the complaint, 11 days after legal counsel and union were notified and 4 days after the Board member was notified. August 8 - date of incident and complaint August 9 - legal counsel and union notified August 14 - legal counsel writes letter and emails Board President and Director in question August 16 - Director in question, response of receipt of email August 19 - Board president requests special meeting August 20 - all Board members are notified of issue, Director in question receives letter via board packet as well as public. August 21 - Special Board meeting August 22 - Director received a copy of the actual complaint from legal counsel Apparently the District stated no policy exists at the District to handle this type of complaint. The union contract does have a policy for any complaint coming from an employee which was not followed. Cost to District - Legal Counsel - public outcry - poor employee morale A simple phone call could have cleared up this issue immediately without any other action.
Evelyn VeerkampSeptember 10, 2012 - 9:22 am
COINCIDENCE? On August 7th a GDPUD Board Meeting agenda item (carried over to tomorrow’s meeting) was to "Discuss board violation of Brown Act via serial meetings as a quorum in regard to input to recall ad by Bonnie Neeley." The very next day the present saga began. ********** COINCIDENCE: The core organizers of the (hugely unsuccessful) Kathy Otermat recall effort strikingly resemble those in the present imbroglio.
Phillip VeerkampSeptember 10, 2012 - 9:26 am
Hmmmmm . . .
drain damagedSeptember 12, 2012 - 1:38 pm
Board president Griffiths is 150% clueless about his responsibilities. Banging the gavel doesn't substitute for understanding issues and correct procedure. He’s ignorant on both counts. But what should we expect from someone who admits the reason he's on the Board is the director's stipend. Ray believes turning up once a month for a couple hours is all he owes GDPUD. Yesterday his report was about area nuts. Really. Ask him or anyone who was there. Except for the topic's delicious irony, it was hardly a laughing matter. Incompetence and malevolence are flushing GDPUD down the drain. Time for a change. Thank goodness November is just around the corner.
Zeke SlateSeptember 12, 2012 - 7:24 pm
After the President's report on nuts, everyone got to hear the General Manager accuse Ms. Otermat of harassment after she successfully proved he had lied to the Board about the State denying GPUD's retrofit project at Auburn Lake Trails. Ms. Otermat had investigated White's claim and found that no such denial was ever issued by the Calif. Dept. of Public Health. White simply lied. Any employee who lies to his employer (the Board) with $9. Mil. at stake should be fired.