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BOOK W PA 915 <br />County Attorney Charles Vitunac swore in the witnesses. <br />Assistant County Attorney Terry O'Brien advised that he has <br />been counsel to the staff from the beginning of the termination <br />proceedings. The facts in this case are uncontroverted and <br />admitted to by Mr. Sherman Hart, who is appealing -a decision of his <br />supervisor to terminate him which has been upheld by County <br />Administrator Chandler. Mr. Hart, until his termination on October <br />28, 1994, was an employee of the County Utility Department for <br />approximately 8 years. His immediate supervisor was Rocky Renda, <br />Maintenance Supervisor. To carry out his duties and <br />responsibilities, Mr. Hart drove a County -vehicle during working <br />hours. After work on September 28, 1994, Mr. Hart drove a County <br />utility vehicle to his home in Brevard County and the next day he <br />drove the County vehicle back to his place of work. Based on <br />information coming to the attention of his supervisors, Rocky Renda <br />asked Mr. Hart if he had, in fact, taken the County vehicle to his <br />home last night. Mr. Hart admitted that he took the vehicle and he <br />took it without any authorization. A pre -termination hearing was <br />held October 25, 1994 before Terrance Pinto, Utility Services <br />Director. As a result of that hearing, Mr. Pinto issued a <br />termination notice effective at 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 28th. <br />Attorney O'Brien read into the record the transcript of that <br />meeting at which Mr. Hart explained his actions: ' Well, I wrote <br />a little memo and gave it to Rocky at the time and explained to him <br />that, yes, I did do this and why. I lost all my personal keys that <br />day at work. When I got back to the yard, that's when I found out <br />and I went back to the jobs I went to that day, but I didn't find <br />my keys. It was my own decision. It wasn't that I couldn't get a <br />ride because Rocky or my wife could have come and got me. I just <br />took it on as my own responsibility. I just took the truck because <br />I had a spare key home and I would bring them back the next day.' <br />Attorney O'Brien presented the following letters which give <br />the basic facts: <br />2 <br />DECEMBER 6, 1994 <br />M <br />