SUDDEN TERMINATION Former Delta Village Administrator Andy Glenn explains the decision making process behind recent water and sewer rate increases to a crowd of residents at the Delta Village Council meeting in October
By: Jacob Kessler
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
jacob@thevillagereporter.com
The following information is the culmination of a several months-long investigation by The Village Reporter. Numerous allegations have been made and a large amount of information has been put forward from different sides of the issues at hand. The goal of this piece is simply to put forward the facts, we have received, to the public.
Multiple conversations have taken place with numerous individuals, both on and off the record, resulting in at least 60-70 hours, if not more, in time spent communicating via email, over the phone, or in person.
Information from the conversations was used to obtain as much information as possible, much of which is included below.
The Beginning
The investigation started off back in February of 2024 when The Village Reporter was approached by an individual. This individual, who was a member of the public, stated they had heard the State Auditor’s Office would be getting involved to look into the Village of Delta’s finances. Not much more took place for some time there after.
Meanwhile, other conversations had taken place with additional members of the public who also stated involvement between the Auditor’s Office and Delta. One such communication led The Village Reporter to know of a letter that would be drafted and sent out to member of the community. Communication was then opened with the Ohio State Auditor’s Office, asking about any complaints made to them.
Two documents were received, with the first being a complaint from 2021 by a “Delta Whistleblower” and the second being a “Report of Miscellaneous Activity” by then Administrator Andy Glenn. This report of activity was dated February 27th, 2024.
Initial Complaint
The information listed here has previously been reported on by The Village Reporter. Regardless, it is included here to help with the timeline and provide transparency. The statement reads as follows.
The Village of Delta Administrator reached out with multiple concerns. He became Administrator in early 2023. He noted he has support for all of these items and is happy to sit down with someone to discuss and walk through everything, along with their Village Solicitor.
Income Tax/Water Fund: In 2001, voters voted to renew ½ percent income tax set to expire in 2004 for period of 30 years to fund construction of new water plant – prior that ½ percent paid for construction of reservoir. In 2017, the former Administrator used an incorrect ordinance to convince council to not put 1/3 of income tax in water fund and they stopped. Caught by AOS financial audit as part of 2017 audit, in 2018.
Administrator told AOS 2015 ordinance was a mistake, and asked Council to pass a retroactive resolution to 2017 to change it, which they did. This ordinance removed any allocation to the water fund. Increased water rates in August 2023 to cover the water fund costs and constituents complained. Village was asked to explain what happened to the levy funds they approved. Current Administrator believes it seems intentional by former Administrator – water fund shorted by over $2 million.
Has emails from the former Administrator that reference the levy and seems to indicate he knew what he was doing. Based on the concerns, the Village is preparing a letter to residents to explain the water bill increase. Village Property: In 2020, three different parcels of Village property were disposed of, two with approval of council and one without. It appeals there was a deal between former Administrator and an adjacent property owner for to get the parcel for free; however, there is no support/approval.
This property was previously bought from former Administrator’s friend and the Village paid more than the appraised value and gave former owner/former council member 8 years of rent free to use their two buildings and the same former council member approved the agreement (brought this to the Region’s attention – suggested to turn it over to OEC). In 2019, the former Administrator applied to get this same property taken off tax roll due to being government owned, but the letter supporting the request lies about length of free use. Based on that letter, the taxes were refunded by the Fulton County Auditor.
The Investigation
The form provided by the Ohio State Auditor’s Office was used during conversations with then Village Administrator Andy Glenn.
Mr. Glenn spoke about events listed on the form, but stated more information would be unavailable until a documents request was made, in order to have the Village Attorney give the ok since documents were being used in an investigation.
The Village Reporter then submitted a documents request to Mr. Glenn. An email from Mr. Glenn included an email from Law Director Kevin Heban saying that the request was valid. The documents were then emailed over to The Village Reporter.
A meeting was also held with Mr. Glenn to discuss the files provided to The Village Reporter, in order to get a better understanding of what had taken place. During those conversations, Mr. Glenn had stated information was somehow finding its way outside into the general public, even though some of that information was only shared during executive sessions.
Mr. Glenn also put forward his concerns with this, due to the fact an investigation was underway. Conversations between members of the public and The Village Reporter, who are not members of the local Delta government, also seemed to confirm this due to what had previously been shared.
Also shared was reasoning behind the previous Financial Director’s exit. It was alleged that, after the issue of the income tax had been brought to light by a concerned citizen, Stephanie Mossing wished to keep the information hidden.
This information has since been stated by more individuals from the Village of Delta, as well as a recording conducted by Mr. Glenn. Word was given to The Village Reporter that the recording existed, and a records request was conducted to obtain it.
It was stated by Law Director Kevin Heban that Stephanie Mossing did not know she was being recorded at the time, but that the actions of Mr. Glenn were not illegal.
In the forty-three-minute-long recording, you are able to hear Mr. Glenn ask Stephanie “you spend any more time thinking about this ballot language,” to which Stephanie replies “no” followed by “I just really hope it doesn’t come up”.
Later on in the recording, Mossing states their options are to turn things over to Law Director Kevin Heban or to pretend it doesn’t exist.
Mr. Glenn asks which way she is leaning and Mossing replies, “pretend we don’t know about it.” Stephanie Mossing was sent an email asking for a statement regarding this allegation, and the recording.
Moving back to the paperwork turned over to The Village Reporter, a timeline of events was shared by Mr. Glenn that helps to highlight what has all taken place.
This timeline has been shared with members of council recently, with those members stating its accuracy. The timeline of events, provided by Mr. Glenn, is as follows.
1) In 1979, Delta had a 1% income tax. They needed to build a new reservoir with more capacity. They passed ORD 12-72 to place a .5% additional income tax on the ballot that would go into the water fund to cover the cost of this debt service. The .5% would be collected for 25 years. From Jan. 01. 1980 – Dec. 31, 2004. This passed and the reservoir was constructed. (EXHIBIT A)
2) In 1995, Delta decided that they wanted 2% of the income tax to go to a park fund. ORD 94-34 was passed which took 1% from the General Fund and 1% from the Capital Improvements fund and started putting 2% into the Park Fund. The 33.3% that was directed to the Water Fund was not changed as this was specified by voters. (EXHIBIT B)
3) On April 16, 2001, ORD 01-06 was passed. This took another 1% from the General Fund and 1% from the Capital Improvement fund to begin giving 2% to the Fire Department Fund. (EXHIBIT C)
4) On August 13, 2001, ORD 01-22 was passed (EXHIBIT D) and RES 01-03 was passed (EXHIBIT E) which placed the additional .5% income tax on the ballot for renewal. The renewal would be for 30 years starting on Jan 01, 2005 and ending Dec. 31, 2034. The reason for the renewal was to fund the construction of a new water plant.
5) On Nov. 06, 2001 the renewal of the .5% income tax was approved by the voters with ballot language that required the 33.3% of income tax to continue going to the Water Fund through Dec. 31, 2034. (EXHIBIT F)
6) In an Administrator’s Report dated Sept. 02, 2015, Brad Peebles sites ORD 01-22 (EXHIBIT D) as being the Ordinance which dictates how income tax revenues are dispersed. Peebles further states, correctly, that any amendment to the disbursement formula would require a vote of the citizens. (EXHIBIT G) This is the first documented time in which Peebles acknowledged ORD 01-22 and its’ respective contents.
7) On Dec. 07, 2015 council passed ORD 15-36. This ordinance was required to be passed to bring the entire Section 181 into compliance with changes to state laws regarding income tax collection. Sections 181.14 (a) and (b) had no changes from ORD 01-22 (EXHIBIT D). (EXHIBIT H)
8) On June 19, 2017, the Finance Committee met and part of their discussions involved water and sewer budget. Documented in the minutes are Peebles statements that 33.3% of the income tax revenue goes to the water fund. Also he would like to divert half of that amount to the sewer fund. Councilperson Lynn Frank questioned if that was possible and Peebles responded that it was since it would still be going to utilities. Councilman Tony Dawson made a recommendation for Peebles to discuss income tax distribution legislation with Mr. Heban (law director) for the water and sewer funds. (EXHIBIT I) Peebles never discussed this issue with Heban.
9) Also on June 19, 2017, Councilperson Lynn Frank reported to council that the discussion in Finance Committee concerned water and wastewater rates and redistributing income tax revenues. (EXHIBIT J)
10) In an Administrators Report dated June 28, 2017, (EXHIBIT K), Peebles states that he, in conjunction with the law director, discovered in reviewing the reallocation of income tax revenues that the most current ordinance passed was ORD 01-06 (EXHIBIT C) and starts to make his case that since 2005 the village was not required to put 33.3% of the income tax into the water fund. At this point, Peebles is completely ignoring ORD 01-22 (EXHIBIT D) that he referenced in (EXHIBIT G)
11) August 2017 – Peebles convinced council that ORD 01-06 (EXHIBIT C) is the ordinance in effect and that he can just change the distribution through the budget approval process. There is nothing noted in the minutes regarding this from either meeting in Aug. 2017, but this fact is referenced in (EXHIBIT M).
12) On June 06, 2018, Former Finance Director Mossing sent an email to Councilperson Lynn Frank advising her that the State Auditor had discovered the income tax disbursement discrepancy between the current disbursement and what was passed with ORD 15-36 (EXHIBIT H). This email stated that the Auditor wanted to speak with Councilperson Frank directly. (EXHIBIT L) Councilperson Frank states that she has no recollection of this conversation ever taking place.
13) On June 18, 2018, council passed ORD 18-15. This made the change to the income tax distribution retroactive to August of 2017 when it was changed administratively. In the cover letter for this ordinance and in the ordinance itself, Peebles reiterated that ORD 01-06 (EXHIBIT C) was the ordinance in effect and used. Interestingly, Peebles includes in this legislation the statement “and believed by the administration and council at the time to be the legislation in effect”. (EXHIBIT M)
14) On June 19, 2018, the Auditor emailed the former finance director (Mossing) to inquire about council fixing this. (EXHIBIT N)
15) On June 21, 2018, Mossing responded that ORD 18-15 (EXHIBIT M) had been approved. (EXHIBIT O)
16) On July 31, 2018, the Audit report was issued that included findings related to the improper disbursement of income tax dollars. (EXHIBIT P)
17) On Nov. 17, 2018, a letter from then Mayor, Dan Miller, was sent out to the residents of Delta. Paragraph 3 of this letter included details from ORD 01-22 (EXHIBIT D) and the fact that that money was approved by voters to pay off the debt for the new water plant. Through the investigation, it was discovered that Peebles emailed this document to Mossing on Nov. 20, 2018. Further investigation revealed that Peebles had authored the document and that it was last saved by Mossing. (EXHIBIT Q) This document confirms that Peebles and Mossing had full knowledge of ORD 01-22 (EXHIBIT D) after using ORD 01-06 (EXHIBIT C) to mislead both council and, upon their discovery, the state auditors.
18) On Sept. 21, 2020, council passed ORD 20-17. This ordinance was simply dealing with an increase in water and sewer rates, however, Peebles inserted a section into this ordinance to repeal Section 931.08 of the codified ordinance. In his cover letter, Peebles explains that Section 931,08 simply dealt with the income tax distribution that council had already changed in 2018, so it was not longer needed. Section 931.08, however, also contained language regarding the vote in 2001 and the fact that it was required to be directed to the waterfund. (EXHIBIT R)
A phone call has been made to a phone number provided for Brad Peebles, as well as an email. Those communications were sent in order to ask for a comment regarding the investigation.
As for Councilor Lynn Frank and the email stated in the timeline, Frank has explained to The Village Reporter that she “does not recall” the email or a conversation taking place between her and the auditor back in 2018.
A copy of the email was given to The Village Reporter as Exhibit L. The email reads as follows.
Good morning Lynn, Please let me know a good time to talk to you on the phone.
We have a small issue with the audit. I’ll try to explain briefly but the auditors would like to verify that what happened was the intent of the council.
So, when we reallocated the income tax back in August of 2017 (because we found legislation saying it was supposed to be changed) we did not make A motion or do a new Ordinance. WE had the discussion but that was it.
I believe what we were told was if the previous Ordinance had a date of reallocation that we were okay. We are going to have to fix this issue (Retro Legislation) because unknown to us there was another Ordinance passed going back to the way it was. I hope all this makes sense.
Anyways the auditor would like to physically talk to you and Brad to verify this was the intent of council and the Administrator.
If you could call us that would work also. I could just have him come back to my office, put you on speaker and he could ask you his questions. Thank you, Steph
Frank has further explained that, at the time, she was receiving emails to her personal work email account as well as her personal account. Continuing, emails were being sent to the wrong email account, which she no longer has access to, and this email may have gone to that inbox. Other emails that were sent to the correct account are still in the mailbox according to Frank.
Current Events
During the Delta Village Council meeting held on May 20th, 2024, the Village Council voted to cancel Glenn’s contract effective immediately. Further casualties to this vote were Councilor Todd and a new Recreation Committee Chair Angela Riley.
In response to the firing, Andy Glenn sent out a statement to The Village Reporter after a request was made for comment.
The statement was as follows. While I was completely blindsided by the actions of council Monday night, as I started piecing together different events from the past couple weeks, the forming of this perfect storm started becoming very clear.
Last week I had a conversation with Robert Shirer, who led this attack on me last night, about his wife violating section 709 of the Delta Codified Ordinance by parking her coffee truck in the public park, on public streets, and within 500 feet of school property.
I told Mr. Shirer how I was not comfortable ignoring this as it would be seen as clear favoritism because of his position on council. At the time of our discussion Robert appeared to be understanding of my concerns, but clearly that was not the case.
Also, just last week, I had a verbal discussion with a village employee, who is married to Daphne Demaline, about his negative attitude and the fact that it needed to be corrected, which apparently Mrs. Demaline did not like because until last night, we have never had a negative interaction. And what I believe was the third strike against me was a conversation I had with Chad Johnson 2 weeks ago.
Mr. Johnson admitted to me that his main opposition to eliminating the Pre-94 tax abatement was that he took advantage of it when he built his house in Delta, and that this was the only reason he built in Delta.
Mr. Johnson said that this, and the fact that he moved his photography studio out of Delta and into Swanton would make him look like a hypocrite if he supported eliminating the Pre-94 CRA and would ruin any chance he had at becoming mayor one day.
I can only apologize to the residents of the Village of Delta that they are run by a council that is only concerned about furthering their own personal agendas, not doing what is best for the residents.
I had no idea how deep the corruption was in the Village when I began trying to clean it up. I am glad that I at least was able to get the attention of the State Auditor’s office as I am confident, they will leave no stone unturned… which is what I am convinced that cousins Lynn Frank and Tony Dawson are the most concerned about.
A response was then sent out by Village of Delta Mayor Allen Naiber, which reads. At the Village of Delta meeting held on Monday 5/20/2024 there was a decision made to part ways with the Village Administrator.
This decision was not taken lightly and was discussed prior to the vote by council. Myself and members of council will continue to work on improving our community.
Numerous conversations took place following the release of statements. Councilor Shirer explained his disbelief that Mr. Glenn would insinuate his firing came from a disagreement on where his wife’s “coffee truck” was parked.
Mr. Shirer explained that he has communications with Brad Peebles stating it is ok to park in these areas, and that communications took place with Mr. Peebles before Mr. Shirer got on council.
Mr. Shirer also stated that Section 709 refers to Confection Vendors, and since his wife’s truck does not sell ice cream, the items do not apply to the truck.
However, the word confection does not refer to just ice cream. It does in fact refer to foods that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Mr. Shirer also explained that the reason for firing Mr. Glenn had nothing to do with his and Councilor Ashley Todd’s romantic relationship. This has been corroborated by other individuals as well.
Within the next day, The Village Reporter learned of a document that was used in the executive session held to discuss the firing of Administrator Andy Glenn.
The Village Reporter was also made aware of notes that were taken by Councilor Johnson, along with an allegation that was made.
A request was submitted for the documents, notes taken and any information regarding the allegation made. The document received was compiled by Councilor Shirer and outlined the council’s reason for firing Mr. Glenn. The document reads as follows.
Today I will be bringing a motion to remove the current Administrator, Andy Glenn, from his position. I will be bringing this as an At-Will termination, as per the language of his contract.
I do not bring this motion before council without understanding the gravity of it.
I do so because I believe it is the best for the long-term health of the Village of Delta. I realize that this will have an immediate impact on not only Council, the Mayor, our legal team, and most importantly our staff.
Recent actions have convinced me that the Administrator has no intent of keeping the Council informed of vital information needed for us to make decisions in regards to critical long-term financial decisions in-regards to the Village of Delta.
On April 19th 2024 I had a meeting with Mr. Glenn at the Delta 109 Restaurant. It was following issues in where Mr. Glenn felt individuals were “attempting to undermine his authority”.
Over the course of this discussion I asked Mr. Glenn if he was aware that individuals not employed by the Village of Delta had been asked to look at our Financial Books at the end of 2023. His reply was to question where I heard about this. Not to answer the question.
I informed him that I had no intention to tell him where I had heard the information and asked the question again. Was he aware? He replied that yes, he was aware of “One” who had done this.
I informed him that I was aware that there were at least 2 individuals. He again asked where I had heard this information and when I informed him that I had no intention of telling him he admitted that he was aware of a 2nd as well.
I asked Mr. Glenn why council had not been made aware of this situation, the findings that these individuals made, these individuals’ comments in regards to the level of competency of the individuals handling our financial books, nor any of the other discrepancies that he was aware of.
He answered my question with a question. If he had done anything sketchy or wrong why would he handed our files to the State Auditor. That had no relevance and still does not. Mr. Glenn was aware of information that should have been shared with council – allowing us to make more informed and beneficial choices for the village and he made the choice not to.
I asked Mr. Glenn going forward to be more forthcoming with the council in regards to information. His response was to ask that I inform him when I am told this about this village not from him.
Many people come to me in confidence in the village with issues and concerns, I have never acted on information without verifying its authenticity, so why would Mr. Glenn need this information from me – When he should be the one presenting it to Council. – At this point no action was taken against Mr. Glenn and council agreed not make inappropriate comments to staff.
On May 16th 2024 I received a call from Mr. Glenn asking that I come to the Water Treatment plant. I met him them at approximately 2:45pm. The meeting was attended by a Water Treatment employee, Mr. Glenn, and myself.
To start the meeting I was informed that “several things have started to not get completed” on the Administration side of the Water Treatment plant.
I was informed it was because Mr. Glenn was “being micromanaged” and that he had told water treatment staff that Council was preventing him from completing his duties.
When I pressed to find out specifically what was not being completed, I was met with silence. I would like to emphasize that this is the exact situation in which Mr. Glenn was pushing for us to gather information.
Either through him or with him present with the employee – and yet I still did not receive the information. When I asked Mr. Glenn if he was aware who his direct supervisor was – and that council in fact did not manage his day-to-day duties in anyway.
He replied that yes, he was aware and that the Mayor was his direct supervisor. When I pressed for clarification in what way the council was micromanaging him – which to re-state Mr. Glenn admitted he understood we are not his supervisor – he stated that council was questioning all the things in regards to spending of funds. This is OUR JOB.
As we continued the meeting I was informed that Councilman Tony been to the Water Treatment plant two times in the past two weeks. With his most recent visit Tuesday May 14.
He had asked questions about plant operations; uniforms were discussed and Tony left. At this time, I specifically asked three questions to the Employee he spoke with about both of Tony’s visits. Did he ask inappropriate questions/Make inappropriate comments? – No. Did answering his questions make you feel uncomfortable? – No. Did you feel uncomfortable after he left? – No. I asked this set of questions specifically and separately in regards to both of Tony’s visits.
Mr. Glenn proceeded to claim that Councilwoman Lynn had put Tony up to this since she had been spoken to about inappropriate comments. When asked about what evidence he had to support this claim did not answer the question – a habit of his.
He instead asked if I knew Lynn and Tony were related. I informed him that I was aware, I informed him that I was also aware that he and Lynn were related and that I failed to see how any of these things had relevance in the discussion we were having.
With no evidence he then claimed that it was because Tony just had an issue with his relationship then. I would like to remind everyone in this room of two conversations that occurred in regards to Mr. Glenns relationships and his interactions with Councilman Tony.
First Tony was one of the first to say it was none of councils business and he held that stance in all discussions going forward. Secondly, Tony and Mr. Glenn had a one-on-one meeting and both parties felt good going forward. I heard this FROM Mr. Glenn.
I proceeded to ask if something had occurred between Tony and Mr. Glenn that would result in such a drastic shift in opinion – as this seemed entirely counterintuitive to all previous conversations. Mr. Glenn stated no that nothing had occurred between them. Mr. Glenn proceeded to claim that Tony intended to “use this information” (The questions about water treatment that he had asked) against Mr. Glenn in meetings.
I asked the employee if this had been said or implied by Tony, the answer was again – No. I asked if Mr. Glenn had been told this by Tony, the answer? No. It was at this point I asked why I was sitting in this room at this moment. What was the intent of the meeting, what was the goal of having me here, what things could I influence. I posed this question to both parties present.
“I just want this to stop” was the response Mr. Glenn gave. When I asked for clarification as everything that I had been informed of was not only appropriate but well within the powers and duties of Council – I was once again told that council was trying to undermine his authority with employees – again I asked for any evidence that his happened, asked the employee if they felt that way on either of the visits. There was no evidence, and the employee did not feel that way.
As the conversation continued (For over an hour) I asked if Mr. Glenn had taken any steps to mend relationships with council people that he felt were strained. He informed me he had not.
I implored Mr. Glenn to take those steps and “Kill them with kindness”, share all pertinent information with council as if we are informed, we will have less questions to ask. I asked the water treatment employee what their desired result of this meeting was.
They simply did not want to be involved in the politics side of council. They wanted to do their job and go home. I agree with that sentiment. I made the suggestion that Mr. Glenn ask the mayor to speak with each member of council and make a request, that requests go
through Mr. Glenn or the Mayor.
I left this meeting feeling good, all parties seemed content with the outcome, and I awaited my conversation with the Mayor.
The next day we all received a text from the Mayor. I do not believe I am the only person who felt this message was curated by Mr. Glenn and pushed out by the Mayor.
I reached out to the Mayor and requested that he speak with our Legal Counsel in regards to this. Later we all received a corrected request text individually.
I was informed that after Mr. Glenn was told that it was not within the Mayors power to enact a policy to forbade council from speaking with village employees – He then sought to draft a new rule for Village Employees that they would not be allowed to speak to Village Council – I do not know if this policy has been enacted as of yet as this occurred at the end of last Friday afternoon, or if legal counsel was able to convince Mr. Glenn that it was not a good option.
I have many concerns on this. First off what enforcement is handed out for violating this rule? Is he effectively telling employees “If you speak to council, you will lose your job.” Second – What position does that put council in.
I have personally had multiple items brought to me that I would have been totally unaware of because the Administrator chose not to share that information.
So now if I should choose to ask I’m putting that employee at risk of termination? By exercising my powers given via the Charter? Several village employees are friends outside of work with Council members.
Are all of those interactions grounds to potential punitive enforcement depending on the whim of the administrator? This is not Pro-employee behavior. This behavior does not create a safe work environment. This creates a hostile work environment where answering questions could get you fired.
When Mr. Glenn was asked why he was engaging in this particular course of action with council. He said that “everyone was out to get him”. The relationship with the Administrator has become untenable. Every time I inquire with Mr. Glenn why a financial issue has not been disclosed to council I receive some comment along the lines, we cant have a meeting about it because it would be public. Which is strange.
Mr. Glenn has had no issue having a 1 on 1 meeting with all of us in regards to the chief. He has had multiple hour long plus meetings with me about individual council members and yet he has never called me to notify me of matters of financial importance.
The village is currently under an Audit from the State. When I inquired as to what documents were handed over I was told “Everything, I gave them everything”. I certainly hope that there is an Investigation File being kept which outlines communications sent and received as well as a master list of provided documents.
I have yet to see any of the correspondence or recommendations from the Auditors. This is very strange seeing as Council has taken legislative action on recommendations from the Auditors.
Are we fully complying with the auditors? Have we turned over all documents requested? Have they made recommendations? I have not had any of this information actually presented to me.
There are other financial issues that I have concerns over that have been brought to me recently, our bank records have not balanced since December, our estimated revenue for 2024 is off by approximately 400,000 dollars (Potentially in our favor), an individual has requested copies of financial documents claiming the village is misrepresenting our financial situation – these and other issues have not been presented to me via the administrator.
Maybe I’m the odd one out….but I do not believe that to be case. I do not believe that I can make accurate and informed financial decisions with all of these errors.
A statement was then received from Mr. Glenn following the release of this statement, which reads as follows. To say that I am shocked after reading the statement read by Robert Shirer in the executive session is an understatement. However, it is now extremely clear why Robert also fought against allowing me the opportunity to hear his charges against me and respond to them.
I am guessing this is Robert’s first work of fiction as the story is neither good nor believable. I would suggest he take a remedial writing course before attempting his next story because nobody with common sense is going to buy this one.
Additional conversations took place after receiving this document, which included conversations with Village Council members.
Councilors were asked if they had received any of the information made available to the State Auditor’s Office, with all answers given being no. When asked if they had requested the forms, one councilor stated Mr. Glenn shrugged his shoulders, and another stated no, that they figured they wouldn’t need to ask and that the files should have been given to them. Mr. Glenn, however, stated a flash drive was in existence that could have easily been copied to any counselor who asked.
As for the notes said to have been taken by Councilor Johnson, a response was received from Law Director Kevin Heban and is as follows. Generally, notes taken by a public official such as those written by Councilperson Johnson are not considered a public record.
With that said, Chad has indicated to me that the written notes, which were minimal, were disposed of by him immediately after the meeting. Thank you.
Additionally, an allegation was made that, during executive session, the mayor was presented with options regarding the firing of Administrator Andy Glenn.
It was said that one option in particular was, if the mayor chose not to proceed with the firing, he could be brought up on malfeasance and unseated.
It has been confirmed to The Village Reporter that this conversation took place during executive session. When asked about this allegation, Law Director Kevin Heban stated the following.
As to any statements attributed to me, I cannot divulge them as any communications I have with the Mayor or Council are included in the attorney/client privilege. Ethically, I am prohibited from sharing this with anyone but the client.
Response Of The Public
The response since the firing and since the release of the letter by Mr. Glenn to the public in Delta has been somewhat mixed. Many posts on social media for example have been calling for more transparency, with some stating they may never know the reason why Mr. Glenn was fired, since they still have not been told the reason why previous Mayor Gilbert was let go.
A request was made regarding issues with previous Mayor Gilbert and council, to see if there was any cross-over for issues taking place now. However, the issues stated on an “investigative timeline” were not related. Some of which are as follows.
Left Village Services and Property Committee Meetings early to attend Youth March for Black Lives Matter where people carried signs relating to “All Cops Are B*****ds,” Called Health Department on Oakshade Raceway, almost inciting riots and protests from the race community. Also referred to the race community as “toothless hillbillies”. Refused to work with Delta PD to resolve threat issues, put the safety of the Village residents in potential danger, and more.
Additionally, conversations on social media have gotten somewhat heated on both sides, with a petition even being started for the recall of council.
This comes as council has iterated numerous times there hope to move forward and that their actions were the best course of action for Delta.
The next regular meeting of the Delta Village Council will be held on Monday, June 10th at 5:30 p.m.
Also, a Special Meeting has been called for, to be held on Wednesday, May 29th at 5:30 p.m. to “consider the appointment of an interim Village Administrator.”
