By Bruce Kettelle
Trotwood Mayor Darreyl Davis was admonished today in a 12-page report issued by the Ohio Office of Inspector General. The report documents 379 hours of personal time spent while on the job at the Ohio Department of Transportation since April 2007.
The investigation began April 23, 2009 after an anonymous tip alerted the inspector’s office.
Also detailed in the investigation are emails and phone calls between Davis and a former Trotwood city employee who was working at the Ohio Department of Health. The investigator suggests that Davis aided Sheila Edwards to obtain a $5,000 finders fee from a Ghana consultant after Trotwood awarded a $50,000 contract to the firm.
Davis told investigators he never attempted to exert his influence and stressed that his was just one of seven votes approving the contract. Officials from the consultant agreed, and said there was nothing unusual about paying Edwards for her assistance.
Nonetheless the state suggests that Davis’s neglecting to inform city officials of the arrangement prior to the contract award creates the appearance of impropriety.
The investigation also details 379 hours of time Davis spent on Trotwood and personal business while on the clock at ODOT as a supervisor. The inspector suggests that Davis charged nearly $15,000 of time while not working on ODOT matters.
He acknowledged to the investigators with regret his increasing difficulties with juggling and separating his duties for ODOT and Trotwood, but even so said he was surprised by the extent of e-mails and phone calls documented by this investigation. In the report investigators said, “To his credit, Davis recognized the problem – albeit, belatedly – and retired from ODOT to avoid future conflicts.”
The report was forwarded today to ODOT, ODH and prosecutors in Columbus, Franklin County, and Montgomery County.
To read a complete copy of the report click here.
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I keep asking myself how many personal calls I've taken at work over the years, luckily I never had a job that would warrant that much scrutiny. How many peronal calls have our readers taken while at work?
ReplyDeleteThis type of stuff was Mayor Richard Clay Dixon's downfall in Dayton- although, he was claiming sick time for Dayton Public Schools, while traveling on City Business.
ReplyDeleteThe non-disclosure of the finders fee is a real problem.
When will we, as residents of Trotwood understand that most of the elected officials do Not have us in mind to grow. They line up our dollars in their bank account. I knew from the past two mayors, there was a dead cat on line. Why can't we elect "ORDINARY" people to serve? It don't take a genius to make t garden grow.
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