When the Evans Town Board votes on resolutions at a work session that could easily be voted on at regular board meetings, the resolutions are worth a closer look. The 6-6-2010 work session is a good example.
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The above resolution shows hours per standard work day to earn credit towards pensions. While the above list contains eleven names, the names of the supervisor and three department heads are not on the list! Why aren’t Supervisor Fran Pordum, Russ Manguso (Parks), Charles LaBarbera (Building) and Jeanne Ebersole (Assessment) on the list?
The answer can be found all week long and especially after lunch on Friday by visiting the Evans Town Hall. The above resolution bases pension benefits on an eight hour day. Since the Town Hall parking lot is empty at 4:00 PM, this means Pordum and Ebersole must be working an 8 to 4 work day. It’s rare to see Pordum’s or Ebersole’s vehicle in the parking lot at 8:00 AM and just as rare on Friday afternoon. Are Evans Taxpayers getting short change by these two employees? Are Evans taxpayers paying salaries and pension costs that aren’t being earned? Lets take a closer look.
FRAN PORDUM
Pordum will claim that he works 7/24 and that he attends meetings out of the building. The truth is a little different that Supervisor Pordum would have you believe. For example: When the deal to bring Walmart to Evans was falling apart, Pordum was seen boarding a plane to Vegas! It’s a fact that Pordum, while supervisor, was a member of a weekday golf league and in cold weather months is a frequent visitor to local golf domes. The claim that he’s out of the office for meetings is easily proved inaccurate. Another town’s supervisor claimed it was rare to see Pordum at a meeting at county/state/federal level. Pordum’s 2008 expense report shows that he attended six meetings in 2008. That’s one every 13 weeks! Not what you’d expect from a well paid executive. If Fran Pordum was giving Evans Taxpayers an honest eight hour day, his name would be on the resolution.
JEANNE EBERSOLE
Several Evans and Non-Evans residents have reported that is a regular occurrence to see Ebersole’s vehicle at her Cain Road residence during business hours. By contract, she spends 1 ½ days a week in North Collins. The big question is why are Evans residents paying 100% of her pension costs when she’s in North Collins 30% of her work week? Why is she receiving a $6,000 direct payment from North Collins?
NOTE: As far as TownOfEvans.com can tell, Manguso and LaBarbera are on the job.
Until the Town of Evans post employee schedules and time and attendance reports, Evans taxpayers will continue to pay salaries and benefits for time spent off the job.
The abuse is so bad that to make a point, the email below was sent to the Director of Finance on 4-12-2010 just to make a point.
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This web site allows replys to be posted. Lets see if Assesor Ebersole will explain these agricultural exemptions.
