![]() ![]() "If a manager and or employees are caught not following procedure what are the penalties?" "My question to you is, what are the policy and procedures in disposing city assets?" Gabriele said. on ApGabriele forwarded Scacco's email to Director of Office of Policy and Management Pete Privitera. In another email, Scacco offered to give Gabriele a tour of his department and "discuss freely our plans, projections and visions for Fleet Maintenance."Īt 3 p.m. He instructed his men to take them to the transfer station." "He is stating that he instructed his men to gather old broken plows and junk scrap to dispose of. "Sal, I am sitting with Doug Hoyt," he said. We not only follow the guidelines I enforce them." "The maintenance department has a strict policy about disposing equipment, parts, trucks, etc. "You will have to ask the highway department," he wrote. He wrote one sentence before signing his name: "Mike, is it true that you guys are throwing away city snowplows in the Dumpsters?" Gabriele did not contact Scacco directly, at least through email or written correspondence, until April 8, 2010. "These two guys make a combined salary of $200,000 a year, with take-home cars and cell phones." "My question to you is why does the city need to employ Mike Scacco and Alex Tergis?" Gabriele wrote. He also requested Scacco's resume and attendance records. In one email Gabriele pointed out that Tergis was reprimanded several years ago for misuse of the city's electronic attendance system. ![]() In 2009, he emailed then-Director of Operations Ben Barnes requesting information about Scacco's hiring and the employment of Alex Tergis, the former Public Services Bureau Chief who was laid off in July 2010. ![]() The conversations appear cordial.ĭocuments collected by the Board of Ethics' investigating panel show Gabriele was interested in the Vehicle Maintenance department and its employees. There are records of about 20 email exchanges between Scacco and Tarzia dating back to 2008 and approximately 10 sent between him and Gabriele since 2010. Scacco was hired as fleet manager in 2008. Scacco's attorney, Lewis Chimes, also said he did not think it was appropriate to comment for this story.Ī look at more than three years of public records, emails and documents obtained by The Advocate indicates allegations of scrap metal theft in the Office of Operations at least in part served as the backdrop for the ethics struggle between Scacco and the elected officials. Gabriele said he did not wish to comment ahead of the upcoming ethics hearings. Stamford's Code of Ethics states "an officer or employee shall not grant special consideration, treatment or advantage to any person beyond that which is generally available to other citizens of the city." The ethics board now must rule on Scacco's allegation that Gabriele, along with Tarzia, asked Director of Operations Ernie Orgera to reduce a disciplinary suspension for Fasoli. It withdrew the complaint against Tarzia, who battled several ethics grievances, after he resigned from office in February as part of a settlement to a lawsuit he had filed against the city. The Board of Ethics dismissed the grievance against Kolenberg on technical grounds in October. Scacco alleged the three officials referred him to the FBI for a criminal investigation, requested his mileage reports and attendance records, inquired about purchases of new and used vehicles and investigated the maintenance facility "all with the intent to prompt my peers and supervisors to question my credibility and integrity, thus jeopardizing my position." He said it began in early 2008, after he issued a disciplinary write-up to city mechanic Jim Fasoli, who he claimed was a friend and political ally of Tarzia and Gabriele. Scacco alleged the three elected officials "led a campaign of harassment and retaliation" against him. Scacco filed his grievance one month later, against Tarzia, Gabriele and Republican finance board member Bob Kolenberg. Human Resources Generalist Tania Barnes revived the long-dormant Board of Ethics in April 2010 when she lodged a complaint against former Board of Finance Chairman Joe Tarzia. Monday in the Board of Representatives legislative chambers on the fourth floor of the Government Center. The Board of Ethics will begin public hearings on Fleet Manager Michael Scacco's ethics complaint against city Rep. ![]()
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