The Earl of Metzler waved his Superintendent wand and granted his wife a five year consulting contract worth $250,000.00 dollars in taxpayer money without any bidding or oversight by the board.
Donna Green | Timberlane and Sandown
Mrs. Metzler’s consulting contract was renewed for 5 years and a total expense of $250,000. This renewal was “problematic” in two ways.
ONE: The board did NOT vote on this contract amendment;
TWO: multi-year contracts are not permitted without a vote of the legislative body – in others words, multi-year contracts must go to warrant and be approved by voters.
Sneaky doesn’t begin to describe how this contract renewal was handled. I, a board member, didn’t even know it had been renewed until nearly five months after the fact. This is how that happened.
To borrow from Mel Brooks, ‘It’s good to be the king.’
(Follow the link to see who signed off on it.)
H/T Rich Girard @GirardatLarge (Hour 2)
