CLEARED? Well, judge for yourself:Administrator/Public Guardian Cleared by Auditor (Voice of OC)
.....Orange County Internal Auditor Dr. Peter Hughes has cleared County Administrator/Public Guardian John Williams of any wrongdoing for traveling to community college district conferences while on duty for the county.
.....In a May 18 letter to County Executive Officer Thomas G. Mauk, Hughes said Williams "complied with County payroll reporting policy for exempt employees."
.....Hughes blamed an "awkward and inaccurate payroll" system for putting Williams in the position of signing required time sheets while traveling to conferences for the South Orange County Community College District...
.....The payroll system cannot accurately reflect the bifurcation of duties where one individual has both elected and exempt employee components taking on two distinct job duties. The timekeeping system required John to account for 80 hours every two weeks to be paid as an exempt Department Head irrespective of time devoted to fulfilling his elected position.
.....The confusion was eliminated, the letter said, in 2007 when the Board of Supervisors named Williams ex officio Public Guardian.
.....The letter said for 40 years before that, Orange County had concurrent Public Administrators and Public Guardians, and the person who held the posts received two paychecks each payday
Oddly enough, though I sent the letter that caused the "audit," the above letter (report of findings) was not sent or forwarded to me. (It has been forwarded to others however.)
Pretty unprofessional.
5 comments:
That's a good picture of Williams earning big bucks at the County of Orange while he is conducting in SOCCCD business. He had Saddleback college commencement in the morning, and IVCC in the afternoon, so my guess is that he didn't even attempt to go to the Public Administrators office. Why would he - the Board of Supes gives him a free pass to not even show up and do his work. He gets to hire highpaying managers to sit there and do his work all day so he doesn't have to show up. Please vote the bum out!
It's a great system!
Oh jeez. It's all so fucked up.
It's a scam!!!! And they all protect each other.
"The timekeeping system required John to account for 80 hours every two weeks to be paid as an exempt Department Head irrespective of time devoted to fulfilling his elected position."
What the fuck does this mean? So he can just say he worked 40 hours a week, even if he was on a taxpayer funded holiday, and then gets paid for it? You gotta love the fucking anti tax conservative Republicans, who have perfected the art of bilking the taxpayers.
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