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BOOK 94 "PA F. ��� <br />.Based on the <br />preceding, it is my opinion the <br />Department followed <br />the <br />proper procedures, <br />as prescribed in the Administrative Policy Manual, and <br />that <br />your termination was justified. As a result, I <br />deny your appeal <br />for <br />re -instatement. In <br />accordance with Section AM 807.1 <br />( page 5 ) my decision <br />may <br />be appealed to the Board of County Commissioners. <br />Very truly yours, <br />/1a <br />tes E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />. Attorney Stone advised that his only witness would be Lisa <br />Freeman and he would take her through each of the allegations. <br />Attorney Stone first asked Lisa if she remembered when Mrs. <br />Lopresti came to work as the Planner, if her work atmosphere <br />changed, and if her relationship to Mr. King changed when that <br />happened. Lisa replied that Mrs. Lopresti started as a Planner in <br />April or May, 1994. She characterized her earlier working <br />relationship with Mr. King as very close and candid. She claimed <br />he had never had a secretary before that he could depend on and for <br />4 years they had built trust and a good relationship. She recalled <br />that after Mrs. Lopresti came everything was normal over the course <br />of the summer, at least she thought it was, and she still had a <br />good working relationship with Mr. King and could go to him and <br />they could resolve any problems. <br />Attorney Stone asked her about her meeting with Mr. King on <br />September 20th and if she remembered the basis of that meeting. <br />Lisa recalled that Mr. King was disappointed because she was not <br />living up to his expectations and he said things were "going <br />downhill in the office. 11 She had asked him how and he really <br />couldn't point out anything of a serious nature. He wanted the <br />laser printer stocked up more than once a day and his outgoing box <br />emptied more than twice a day. Other than that, she reported he* <br />couldn't state anything else specifically, so she told him she <br />would try to improve. She recalled he tried to imply personal <br />problems, which, she told him, "had nothing to do with the office. <br />And that case was closed right there." Mr. King wrote her up again <br />the following day because she had not emptied out his outgoing box <br />more than once. Ever since that day, she emptied out his box every <br />hour on the hour, and made sure that the copier and the laser were <br />filled up, between three and four times a day as he requested. <br />Attorney Stone asked if Mrs. Lopresti had changed Lisa's <br />duties by doing most of the secretarial work herself, making Lisa <br />18 <br />April 24, 1995 <br />