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confidential, and privileged. You were -assigned to shred these <br />confidential documents on January 11, 1995, and you failed to <br />complete your assignment knowing full well that these are <br />confidential and should be secure from access by unauthorized <br />individuals. <br />Your supervisor further notes that you failed to promptly complete <br />an assignment relating to a minor task involving hazardous <br />materials disaster plans. Your response was unacceptable in terms <br />of this failure and ref -sects a continuation of your failure to <br />complete simple work assignments in a timely manner which is cause <br />for his recommending a pre -termination hearing. <br />FINDING: At the hearing, it was established that the sensitive and <br />privileged EMS run reports were in your unsecured middle desk <br />drawer, that you received the run reports from Ruth Ann Snoberger, <br />that you placed a note on the forms the day you received them, and <br />that the documents had been in your desk drawer since January 11, <br />1995. Although the number of EMS run reports were earlier stated <br />to be approximately 100, the actual number was established to be <br />254 run reports. <br />Your excuse for not destroying the documents were that you had been <br />busy, it was not your assignment, and that it took a long time to <br />shred the documents. The issue here is the fact that you took <br />possession of the documents from another person with the <br />understanding that you would destroy them. At some point in time <br />you have to take responsibility for your acts of omission in the <br />office, and I find that this was gross and unacceptable conduct. <br />I personally have conveyed to you and other staff members at <br />various times that Chapter 401.30, Florida Statutes, exempts <br />patient information contained in these records from public <br />disclosure without consent and you blatantly ignored this standard <br />office procedure and placed the assets of the county in a position <br />of significant liability. <br />Your statement about not having time to destroy the documents is <br />totally without merit, inasmuch as I observed you on many occasions <br />since January 11, 1995, when you would be reading magazines or <br />having a casual conversation with another office staff' member. The <br />total time it should have taken you to destroy the documents should <br />have been no more than fifteen minutes, and this is based on my <br />personal experience. <br />There was some significant discussion during the hearing about your <br />work product involving the hazardous materials plan (Exhibits G & <br />H). You denied that you had added the annexes and other errors to <br />the document, which caused another staff member to go back through <br />this substantial document and make corrections to the many mistakes <br />you created in the plan. I noted to you and your attorney at the <br />time that I would research this matter further. I must tell you <br />that I personally know you were assigned this task, I observed you <br />working on the document on more than one occasion, and since the <br />hearing I have verified that the document is and was in your <br />personal computer directory (Exhibits D2 & 3). In fact, you copied <br />the document into your supervisor's directory and used a password <br />known only to you. He cannot even access the document in his <br />directory since only you know the password. I am at a loss to <br />understand what purpose you felt this would serve and why you would <br />ever do something like this. <br />Your credibility in my view is non-existent and I have no <br />confidence in you now, since you made this statement under oath <br />knowing full well that you were being untruthful. You know that <br />you were assigned this project by your supervisor and that you <br />5 BOOP( 94 PA,k 91 <br />April 24, 1995 <br />