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Ir4arkStcphcns,iJIl ComplianceSpccialist

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i{ou'ard \4artin. lnterirn Citl' \4anager

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Dclegalion of Autitorily - investigationof ciiris I-a-nz-i

DAf'Il:

Juli'j2, 2616

jnvestigatc cerlaitr
fonlalizcs your ajrpointnrcntas m)' rept-csentalivelo
This nrcrnorandupr
Oflciai' including- but not
i.-orkplacecomplairilsrelaling to Chris \-znzi, Assista:rrBuildirrg
1o 1he Developmcnt Sen'ices
lirnifcd to an), \'or-kplacecornplaintsassociatedrvith or relating
Department.
Cit)'Manager' As such,
This in'cstigationu,jll be conductcdundertlie authorityof thc
to:
your dutiesrcgardinglhis investigalioninclude,but alc not limited
and appiicablc federai and
1. Foiloq,ing the Cily of Dentou's Policics and Procedures
statc 1aw.
factors that rnal'have
2. Conducing a1analysis of fuumaneiementsand organiz-ational
influenced the incidenusIeadingup to any coniplaints'
J.

Bricfiirg Citl' officials as appropriate-

inciividuals involved'
Coorrlinating inlbrnration cxchangebetr.vcenaii pertincnt

5 . Maint ai ni ng iiaiso n rvith affccted empl o 1'ees'

to conduct ilre
6. Sccu:-ing tccirnical, logistical, or other suilpot-t necessaly
invcstigation.
r'vith Citl' of Dentou
Coor-dinatingthc schedulilg of intcn'iervs and othcr activities
enplol'ccs and other affbctcd individr'rals-

8 . i)roviding alr)' rcqucstqd i eportsAttonel',

9 . Presentinga irinai Rcpoil to the Inlcrim City lvlanagcr- City

J{ou'ar-dir4artin

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Name:

I)epartment/Division:
Phoneextensior-r:

Date of Intcn,ieu':
liame oiperson(s)conciuctinginierview:

1) I{ow long have your u'orked within the Department?

2) \\iiro is your <lirectsupeniisor and your supervisorchain of comland tluougll your
ACM?
3) Where is your workspacelocated within the department?
4) i{ow oftcn are you at your workspace and is there any tirne <iuringthe <iayrvhere you
need to visit with other employeesin the department?
5) Who do you nced to visit for businesspurposeswith.inyour chain of command?
6) Who do you go 1owiren you need to get advice on your work issueswithin the
deparlment?
7) Who u,ouid ),ou cotrsider1ohave an in-work social relationshiprvith - a person or
people y,ourvould go talk u,itl'rto gct away fiom thc stress,if you irave any, oiyour
position?
8) Ilorv oflen do \/ou go out to lunch during the workweek with other co-workers or
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9) IJorv oftcn do ),ou go out and socializewith you co-workersor supervisorsaway fron]
the olfice oulsideof u'olk hours?

lJar-assrrentCom;;laint iniliated July 12,20I6

I0) IJave you cver noticcd an)/ Plarul':rgand Devclopment cnrployeeso\/er the past 1'eat
or two, no natter their dcsiguation, eithei during work ot awa)/ from rvork say words ol
act in a \\,a)/tl'ratyou ol another person )/or.rrnay work with may possib)y consider cross
your line or anothel-llerson'sline betrvccnrvl-iatis propel aird impropet 1o be discussing
within thc rvorkplacc?

\\rho?
What?
When?
Wirerc?
I-1ow?
11) Has an),onervithin or outsideof your departmentover the pastyear or trvo told you
aboul someconductor conversationthat they felt may be or \vasimpropcr or
inappropriate.In other \r,ords,has somconesharedwith you what they think rnay possibiy
ir" iometlringthat crossestire line betu'eenwhat is proper and improfer to be discussing
within thc rvorkplace?
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
I-low?

anY other
Ilave you ever witnessedfirsthand any conduct or words said or acted out from
person in your deparlllent over the past year or two no mat-terthe level in the chain of
could
command,co-worker or subordinateyou feel could be sexual in nature? ExamPles
inciudcjokes, pictures,gestures,compliments?
Who?
Whal?
\\ften?
Where?
I{ou,?
they heal'd
i2) Ilave you evcr u,ilnessedsecold-[a1d, in other words solxeollercliing ),ou
fi-om anY
out
that )'ou had no1seell'anlyconduct or u'ords said or acted
or saw sornethin6l
'
t
h
c
I c v c l in t lrc c h a i n
Otherpcrsoll i11yrtur deltartrlentOvcrt|e paStyear or two no illattel
of comn'iand,co-ri,orkeror subordinatcyou feel could be sexualin nalurc? .bxailpies
could inciudejokes, piclures,gesturcs,compliments?
Who?
\\/1-ra1?
WI-ren?
\tr/hcre?
I lou'?
Contplaint initiated Jul5' 12, 2016
I-lai-asstneut

Considering everylhing I have askcd you about during our interviel1,,wltat kind of
think you have witirin the Planning and Deveiopnlenl
r.r'orkingenvironrnent do 1'e11
1)cparLn'ien1?

llorv docsCllis fit u,ithin thc environmeutyou have describcd?

i-lr^rrky"" f"t ).,r. tr"" io.tCyand the informationyou provided Ifuman Resources-Please
rernemberthat the infor rnationyou provided and discussionsthal look place is considered
confidcntial. To er.rsurethe integrity of tlie investigation, you should not disciose ally
ilforrnatiol provided or discussedin thc interviewto any other ernployeeoutsideof I-Iuman
Resources,inciuding ),our manager,without prior permissionfrorn the Director of Ifuman
Con-rplianceSpecialist,Ir4ark StephensResourccs,Carla Romine, or llunran ll-esour:ces
Ilumall{esources;siaff nentb,erswili kcep thosewho are in a irecdto knou'llositior abrt:ast
of the stalusof th,: inveslip.ation.
Iredelal lau,prohibits retalialion against any emplol,ec by auother ernpiol'ec or by the
Companl, for reporting, filing, lestifying, assisting or participatirlg in any lranner rn any
investigalion- llroceeding or ircaring conducted by the Corttpaty or a federai or state
enforccnrcnt agenc)/. )intplo;,ees shoulci report any relaliation to a supervisor, any Inatlager
in hisA-rer-chain of comlrraud, or to 1he l)irector of l{unlan Resoutces or 10 the Ifuman
l-larassrrrcnlComplaint initiated Juiy 12,")0I6

Ilcsources Conrpliance Specialist-Any conirlaint rvill be imnrediately, objectir/eiy, and

thor.oughly ir.rve:;tiga1ed.
If a reporl of retaliatio:r is substantiatcd,appropliate disciplinar5'
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dischar-ocwill be taken.
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1{ar-assment
Compiaint initiated July 12,2016

Date

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Name:

on:
Departrnent/Divisj
Phonccxlension:

Dateof lntervieu':
i.iameof person(s)conduciinginterview-:

Who rnadethe accusalionis unimportant.

I-lereare the allegationstl-ralhavebeen made againstyou'
was
One tlme lurt ,u-*o, i hud u dresson and it wasn'teven low-cut, he
to
stop.
him
told
iike "rr.,elllook at your boobs,they look huge today." I
when
I{e says stuff about my boobs a lot. I specifically rernemberthe time
your
at
"well
look
I rvasu,earingtirc dress.Other times he said things like
boobs." it bothersme becauseI'm trying to be modest.I{e saysstuff about
n]y butt ar-rdboobs.He's said it probablynot even monthly our rveekly
thing. Nou'that he'sin the of{ice rnorebecauseof iris position,i ma1'see
Itim more often. When he was aroundme, he wouid say sornething.
Cathy had someoneon the phone that
had active pelmit to open a bar. She called becauseshe didn't have the
money to clothe u,orkthat shehad beenpermitted.She neededto keep the
open ialf of her bar open.I called iJrnily becauseI was looiiing for a
solutiontcl help the businesso\vllerErnjly saidrvc shouldbe ableto give her a CO to openthe one sideu'irile
sh"isworkiI-tgotr the othcr. Sincc therewas arl active pemit and part of it
u,asto prt.,p a firewall. 1'heinspectorswork back in tl'reoffice yet so, I
told Cathy let's go talk to Chris becausehe'sbeenthere anclhe knou's
rvhat'sgoing on. I{e would bc able to issttea CO'
lle irad Carl I{ager in his officc. We stoodto the side until thcy finished.
\\/hen u,e u,alkedin, ire said oh rvhat do y'all want? He said do you u'ant
to make out? Closethe door let'smake out?
llarassncnt Cor-nplaiirtinitiated July 12, 2016

Carl laughedit olf Iike why is he saying1hat.IJe seenredlike ire felt

lcnowu,ha11osay.I told Chris not today.Carl lefr tl-re
arvkrvardbut diclr-r't
office. Cathy and i told hirn aboutthe CO issuethat we neededand he
agrccd.
\\zhile\\,e \\,erctalking, I starteddrawing on his whiteboald for 4 July'
Cathyat left Chns and I rverealonein his office he tells me "I'Ir iooking
a1your butt." I said, "So."IJe said,"nOI'm looking a1your bult." I said
"tvhatever"and leff.his officc.
Aimecwasacrossthe}ral]andllg]|96'you'rebcirrgpr.etlyinappropriateovcrtlrcre.'I-1e
yelled "oh, you tveren't,rllrirorld to hcarthat." I didn't expecthirn to say this, but it didn't
people'
iurprise me. I can'treally recall hirn ever sayingthis sorl of thing towards other
me is
When he rvaspointing out n1yboobs,I told him to stop.l{is be}iaviortowards
The rest of the tinie I ji;st try to ignoie liim'"
unrneLcoirie.
Jrly ,0, S^rdy f-"*son catneto me very upsetand we talkcd. She lold me
againstbecauseof her age. She told
shefelt sitervasbeing disclin-rinated
me there irad been severalrmarks over the past year such as 'you're too
old, rvhy are you stiil here, aren'tyou retired yet, you do not do anfliring
at
u,]y.""y.' I have witnessedMr- Chris Lanzi say things to Ms' I-awson
restroom'
to
the
stairs
the fiont desk as I passedby to go down the hall and
it
This happenedregularlyover the courseof six months.Ms- Lawson said
and I assuredher that she was wanted- Ms.
made her feel unrr.,anted
Lawson raisedanotherconcernto me that prior to July 20, N4r.Lanzi came
by her office and saiclhe got a messagefrom Aimee Bissetl anri that si-re
needssorneone1obring somethingto City I-Ialland he said to Ms' Lau'son
"Sinceyou don't do anythinganyway,why don't you take it." I have not
hearcian)/oneeise say thesethings directed to Ms' Lawson'

1) What is your responseto the allegation?

2) (Optional)u,hatrvould motivatetl-rewitnessto lie?
allegation?
3) Arc thcre other pelsollsrvho havc rclevantinformation rcgardingthis
4) Is there any documcntatiotlregardingthe incidents?
any other relevantinformation?
5) Do you knor^,,

Nondisclosut-e
No relaliation
IlarassmenlComplaintiniliatedJuly 12,2016

ion you providcdi{urnan Resourccs.PIease

that took placejs considered
rememberthal the inlormstionyou providedand discussions
any
confidential.To ensure tire integriiy of the investigation,you should not disclose
in tl-reinterviervto any olherempioyceoutsideof Ilurnan
informalionproyidcdor cliscussed
including your manager,without prior pennissionfrom the Director of I-lun'ran
Resources,
Resources,Carll Romine, or Hutnan ResourcesComplianceSpecialist,Mark Stephens'
staff memberswill keepthosewho arein a needto know positionabreast
Humal Resources
of the statusof the investigation.
or by the
Federal larv prohibits retaliationagainstany employee by another employee
in any
Company foi reporfing, filing, testifying, assistingor participating in any-manner
state
or
a
federal
investigation,p.oceedlng or-hearing c.onductedby the Company or
Inanager
enforcementagenCy.Employeesshould report any retaiiation to a supervisor,any
the
I-Iuntan
to
or
in his/her chain of conrmand,or to the iiirector of Ifuman Resources
and
ResourcesComltliance Specialist.Any complaint will be immediately, objectively'
disciplinary
appropriate
thoroughlyinveitigated.Ii a report of retaliationis substantiated.
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Nar:-tc:Joe Stapieton
Title: Plan-s-1114{nerII
D epartrnent/Di vi sion: B ui Id in g IU5p991r-qnS
Phonccxtensiott:[i373
Date of intervierv:Fridav.August05- 2016
ard carri Bvrd
Naine of person(s)conductinginterview: \4ark Stephens
'l'his is my sixtl-rmonth ivorking irr the Planning department- )imily Loiselle is m1' direct
Munal Mauladad' and Airnee
supenisor. Next would be Chlis LaLrzi,Rodney Patterson,
Bissett.

I,nrinthebasementatthe.endoftheha1l.You-walk<iownlll,l'iijj"%
.fhen

you go right and our office is at the end of the hall.

rvirole time I've beet.rhere'
rylthe
Depending on tire nature of the question, I may askfE
cornplex, I nay go straight to Ernill'-

If it's sometiring more

Ilxarniners or Sometimes
When i take a break, I go to rny colleagues,the otherPlans
I3mily- I visit u'ith anyonervithin tire group oll occaslon'
wasn't there very long' It rvas the
I have bcen to a deparlmcntalsocial hour at Eastside-I
maybe 10 rninutes'
first timc I u,asexposedto meet rvith Mr. Campbell for
rvork- I'r'e heard othcr people
I 1a'e not hearda'y i'appropriate commentsilade at
a lot of time together'
make state're'ts. Two i'dividuals said Aimee and Cirris spend
l-he statcmentrvasgradethat Airnee <lresscsinappropriately'
j ha'e nol heardan-\,onc
l'cferctrcca;:)'thillgaboutzigcrDlhe u'otkpiace'
. If c's very direct in his
Anfime, I't,e seeuCluis approach
that a couple of weeks
queslionsabouta Plan Revier'l'thatshe n-rayhave done- I heald
ago, but thatrs pretly-rnuchit,
get a Ccrtificate of Occupallc;'' I
I rcrnembe;. 1he pr:cject a'bout a bar-and tleecling to
cf tliei:l- it seened like a
u,asrt'i pa;'irtg aiieniioii to sirecific dialogb-t''u]<;t''' thtt-'vc
left the offge durir-rgtlie time
qua:rdar1,and thel, \\,ere unsur-eas to .rhlt to do. lf
close rvorking relationship and
Iffiu
u,hep she u,as r.,,orkinL1opti-iisissue.

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I noticed that she rvas off

confidc in each other a lot. \\/hen she catle back to tl-reofficc,
tliat she rvas troubled' but r
kijter. l-he emotional expressionthat was oll irer face shou'ed
a lot of tine rvorking r"'itb'
couldn't tell to what degiee. I uscd to be a cop ar-rdalso sperlcl

rrrl

'fhe overall envit-otlnrctrtiir

I have a \/er-yrvide opinion of how the dcpartmentoperates.
anothercorvolker
regardsto emotionafis that thereis a lot of ilappropriateness'I told
rvith the City'
that if the professionalismdoesn'tchairge,I will not walt to stay
but I do not work rvith him on a regular basis'
Chris apd I have had someconycrsatiot-is,
direction'
Peopletendto gravilateto rny leadershipbecausethey iook for
from that especiaiiy
Protocoiis irnporlautwithin an organizationand you carrnot deviate
From a professional
u,ithin the chain of cominand. I do my o\\.11apprtvais for review.
going to a night club'
standardsoverall,the basic dressattire seemslirat tliey are
ci' I reil' 6t' myself' Tiiere is
irrom a proceduralstandpoint,the leadershipis <iiscorulecte
tun the deparLirrentbased
a group that is close in nutrr." (Chris, Ailnee, anclAthenia) and
on tltat.
permits' The environnent
One of the ladies up fiont rnay ask me for inforrnation on sign
I'm a pretly iaid back
when I u,alk up lront is tense- it gi'cs me an-uneasyfeeling and
I spenci'alot less time
guy. Conversatiorisstop and people giye each ott "i frnoy iooks'
up lhere and tr1'to stay in the basementarea'
more than onc occasion
i've been outsideon a break and I'r'e sccirChris and Ain-ieeon
The question I
r,.,;rlkinp
rrn from the DA'fcU building (the buildillg we are noving to-)
asked is why so often and wl-rywas Rodney not involved?
want'" i don't thinl< he neans it
l,ve ireard Cirris say sorlething like "f can do wl-rateverI
impressionthat he is in
and is being ,ur.urti". Ilis overall dispositiongives you the
charge. ne aia it in a lnamler of "I don't have to be questioned."
home' Ife asked me if it
ClIis iras called me about a pennit I deniedon a single-farnily
first'
rvasok and I said he would haveto get Chris or llodney's approval
Friday of Jull' 4tr'u'cekend'hc
Carl Partincallle into t-t'i1'ollccon lrvo occasions'On thc
going on herc betrvcenClu-is
said someoncrs going 1o have to speakuil hcre about whal's
rvas in tl'reofi.lcea-:rdCeri canrein to
ar-rdAimec. I,m trying to not gct involved- n
couldr-r'tcare uniess'it
sl-rutthe door- I 1oldcarl I clon't k:rorvrvhat peopie do and I
alfcci sm c profcssionallY .
Carl said tirat
1-hc day before yesterciay, Carl comes iil my office u'lth I
to
club and +rf i11g gctJaid' I
Ailnee dresscs iiiappropriarcll' like she's going'to alight
saiclI'r,e seen enougir inapptopriate dress around here '
ald ''\ilieiiia' i't seeils iliai ilrei'
Because Oitiic cioSe rciaiiorrSirip bciuieeu Cirris, Aitnee,
ar-eirr cltargc of ar-rdrunnitrg the dellar-trlrent'
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I iraven'lheardaltl4hingi:r regardsto auyone'sage oI needingto retirc'

I cap saytSatI've u,orkcdat other placesbeforeand l'r,e lteverscenanything like it'
Oli a IrridaybeforeI left to go to Chicago,Ainrec lold n-re"you arc the most vaiuable
a
asset\\,c havehcre. You really know horv to deai with difficult people." (l had been in
to
rlcetir-rgrvilh irer ald took orrerthe conversationwith a difficult pcrson-" My respot-ise
to
rne
Airree rvas"thanl<you for acknowledging.What you seeas dilficult is nothing
becauseI'r,e deahu'ith rapist and murders,but I appreciateyour kind words'
Ir4unalatrdI taik a iot abcut businessthings, Sheand I seeeyc-to-eyeon most
Planlilg is critical and thcreir" ,nurryfacetsof it that are not rvorkir-rgwell
cvcr1,il1i11g.
at this ti nic.

fhank you for your time to<layand the information you provided l-Iuman Resources'
place is
Pieaseremembcr that thr: information you provided and discussionsthat took
not
should
you
consideredconfidential. To ensure tl-ie integrity of the investigation,
emplol'ee
discioseany information provided or discussedin the intervicw to any other
from t}re
outsideof I{uman Resources,including your manager,without prior permission
Resources
Director of I-Iuman Resources, Carla Romine-i{aggmark, or I-Iurnan
keep those
Conrplialce Specialist,Mark Stephens.lluman Resourcesstaff memberswiil
who are in a need to klow position abreastof the statusof the investigation'
or by the
Federal law prohibits retaliation against any employee by another employee
in any
any-manner
in
Company foi reporting, filing, testiiring, assisting or participating
or state
investigation, proceeding or-hearing conducted by the Company or a federal
any
a
supervisor,
to
cnlbrcement agency. Elployees sirould repoft any retaliation
or to the
lnanagerin his,4rerchain of command, or to ihe Director of I-IurnanResources
Ifuman Resources Compliance Specialist. Any complaint u'ill be immediately'
objectivel1,,alld thoroughly ilvcstigated. if a reporl of retaliation is substantiated'
uppropri"iedisciplinaryaction,up to and including discharge,rvill be taken.

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Name : IA!91]9 N4gltlgorrery

'fitlc: Comrlerciai Plals Exanliner
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Delrarlment/Divisi

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Phoncr:xtcnsion:
Datc oi'lrttctvicn':l'ucsday.August2. 2016
and cani Bvrd
Namc of person(s)conductingintervicw: Mark stephens
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doing Commetcial Planning for about
I'r,e beenin Plarutingfor many years' I'r'e been
reports to ltodney Patlerson who
ycars. Currerrtly I report directly 1o Ernily Loiscllc wiro
rcportsto Aimee IlissettWest' When }'ou cornc into the front
My office is in the basementareaof City l{all
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BU
cioors,go to the right and then on vout l'"ft)t are stairs'
grrec]IY
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rLr"n I u,asmoved out"and.nowI'm nex11o

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aro-und95% of my tinre in rny offi'ce'

Other than some rneetingsin thc building, I spend
Angela
to each othcr' Canie Frazier and
All the Plans llxarnilcrs arc in close proii,11iiy
Carj
Jonesare on the other side of me'
arc acrossfron me. Michelle Brou'n and Carrie

parlinis rirenextonedorvnfromtheir,lKr

g'ith a clcar
If we catt't colnc up
When I ha'e a rvork issue,I usuallyrA'rirti u,t?Curl'
we go to llodney' lrarely escalate
direction,lhenu,c go to li.lily or if it's a code issue,
to escalate' I I'ravctakcn
up to Airnec. I have lot had an issuethat LrecJed
ar-r),tl]ing
year'
stJff to Mu""t before I'lla1rfs3 timcs in the iast
I havc
talk toCllprirr-rarily'
\\/heir l,m not rvorl<ingand just nce<ito ralk,I usuaillgo
lire
worked
and u''e've
I:IIIIEII
ralkcd to Carric lrrazier also. I *ork"J\\,ith
We tly not to eat out becausewe are
closest'As a group, rve ahval'sdo birthdaY lunchesC"T,i?,and Micllelle'
u,antingto be heahhl'. 1r'. usualll' j";;;;
*Eitls that go grab lunch
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jlveryone goes for birthday lunches,but us;tlyl;t
sonetin-les. Othenvise,\\'e do our ou'u lunch time'
i:
gone to )3nri11"sir ouse for arl-'ect-res
R/c sociaiizc Sonlc ouiside cf llle office - I"v'e
sonrctitles
and
go
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group' Sotretiures I
Somctiurcs \ve go out 10 othcr places as a
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otherscar,t goem a il|r or lrA iir-ree.Usualll/ollcea q u a rt e ro re v e lJ f e rv n ro rlt h s is rv ] re n t lre y t a k e p l a c e Ch r isu se dtoco]llebyourofficea1] e a s t o n c e a we e k o r] llo rc o f t e n rv ] re n ml
ffi I{e d id n 'tcoI]letota]kto1rerabout rv o rk . I -{ e wo u 1 d ju s t c o me a -rrd
jrassleher. '1'heproblen u,ith Clujs is the thingshe says' J rvouldj ust trite it off as his
and -loudandboisterous-He also can be ir-rappropriate-I
persona1itl,,lle can beah1;3..sive
funn1"
just thi'k it's jlst Cluis and that'sjust the way he is- I thinl<he tirinks he's being
can
be
but in toda1,'5rvorld it's not really takenas furuy an)mlorc.I{is abrasir/cness
comes
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I think
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he doesn't rea)ly say
acrossthat rvayto rne. Ife klows that I rvill corneback at hin-iar-rd
Angelaprobabiyu'ouldn't say anything back
things to ,ne. f .r'o.riJ."y tf*Iand
how to i
is you'g ar-rdmaybe doesn't have the experienccof knowing
to hi"gr. I
rvouldn't say anything'
handiethc situation. Angela is new anclI think that's u'hy she
Amber rvould tcll him to go away' She has
He said so're things ;;;;, Flnbottom.
told rne thl!.he said somethingabout goir-rg
roid mc thingsthat ire has tolciher. f,
It '
that for a u'hile to lEl'
somervirereand r.nakingout. Ife has nlud-"contmcntslike
has irappeneden<tughorrertirne that it becalnea rcguiar occurTenceage. Sandy comrnellted to
I ltaven,t heard Chris directly say anfhing about someone's
going to retire becauseshe
me tlrat C1rrisu,as rude to her and askedhlr when she was
she does'
Sand,ytold me that he doesn't uncersta'd what
J.]frrd;*"t
;;"*,,
there is anolherperson that
Sand1,has a passivepersonaiity. Sandl'hasaiso told me that
personality and can make
treats her unf-airly. Nikole Chew-Jonei is anotherpowerful
Sandy cry sometimes.
becausethey rvo*'t "o-T" back at hirn' I
11rin$ to Sandy and J
I belie'e chris szr1,s
hear'him say somethinglike "Your
doir,t recall exactly the t|ings Chris' .uidftrild
want" a1iof the tirne because
boobs look nice in tfiat shirt." chris says "I can do what I
.lc
tirat didn't get posted'
of our nc.wlcadei.ship.I,d like knc.,vhcr*,,l:egot a position
I've noticed a relationship
With his attitude toward people, I rvondcr how tllat happened'
a nutual reiationship
with Aimee rvherethey are extremely giddy with eacli otlt"t- It's
close' She-haselnporvered
and connection.You passthem in the ha]l a1d thcy are vcry
position of Supervisor,hc
him u,ilh a lot oi.porverand freedom. When he first go1the
it's gotlen wolse'
was cocky and egotistical. Now that Airnee |as empowcredhirn'
rlot doing this, you'rc going to
l]mily sc1up a lloor plan. cluis camein and saidyou're
to his Itlspectorsand
do this. IJc sa1,shc can do rvhathe rvants. i{e speaksdisrespectful
aird telis neople u'l:at
pcopie ili i-risrone and r,,,ords.IJe speaksin au authc;'itati\/eiijaniler
and Chls ilave inore
do,' tt con1esacrossas derogatory- I believe that 'Airnee
the;, 11,i11
iralg out togethcr
than a rvork relationship. During n.,rio"iul houtS,Chris a'd Aimce
and Carl'
a fiiendshill. I iravc a great friendshi'ilrvith l{odney
and it seenlsmole than-jr.rst
but it's sti1lappropriateand u'e do rlot behavethat wa1'I rvas sitting at tl-retable u'ith
\\lc jusl did our deveioltcrsluncheot't-Drrring lire ureetit-t9,
waS
aiier tire'-iu11gi1sQn
Aimee and Cirris- Thcl' rvetetexlit'tgback anciforin' Thel' lsii
liodne)"s ride- Chris a1d
o'er-for-:'a,,bc30-40 miuulesra'hilcu'e clcarledup' Cirrii u'as
standingthet-eoutside
Aimee lcli and canteback. Atnber, Errlily, \4ichelle- and I u'ere

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u,aitingto load sor-ne
\vaysand rvereacting odd airdguilty. Tirey knew lhat rve sau'themtheir sepai-ale
dorvn
5o,r.",trin[,but the)' didn't and irad t]-reirl-reads
1hcyu,ouidslop and Sa1r
Norir-iall1,,
thcm drinking together
and went in diII-erentdircctionswithout .p"uking to us. I'r'c scett
Airl]ec and Chiis
and thel,are\/cry li-iendl1,.Au,hiJeback we wei'eat a crarvfishboil,
a-differer-rt
end of the bar by themselvesrvhiJeeveryoneclse rvas at
u,ercsitljng at 1l-re
husbandusedto come ali of the tin-re'Norv' her
place. Justan observatio[ris that J-rer
t t r-' < v ' ^ ' -l' S e e uhtia ^ b r' =
o r re
lr u Sba n d d Oesn'tco'telOtheS eS oc ia lc v e n t S a n y mo
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She lries to
has told Clrris to stop,but I don't think he takcsher seriouslyI know at
all of the staff know that
be convincil;3,bu1I don't thirilr.heseesit that way. Itand
wanls to open up
cluis a'd Aierce have sornesort of relatio'shlp' I don't think B
\\4lat I find odd
this can of u'onns, especiallyat that lcvel becauseof fear of retaliation'
me that she
u,ith Aimee is that she shows professionalismin her position and it surprises
wouid allorvthis relationshipto go to this level'
I don,t thidk iherc,s any time that Chris hascome into I
somethingderogatorytorva:ds her-

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I fbei like Chris and his peopleare gettingthc moon in the new
step child' Athenia
that I feel like Plans Examiners are being"treatedlike tlie red-hcaded
I'asked if they kneqi"
has said lhat Airnee and cluishave mad-eall of thesc decisions'
putling u.si1 a small
u,l'iatwe do. We a.rein the office 95% of the time and they are
they are out in tl-refield 90%
slrace. I-he lnspectorshave been i1the dome cratnped,but
there is one big office for the
of the time. Chris says,"I get what I want." I wasiold that
So ti-ieyput the Fire
Fire Marshall and Chris. Clyis said he didn't want him in there'
\4arshall rn the conler and Chris gets a huge office to irirnself'
by and talks
Trr1te beqinnins-Aimee would come by and talk to us- Muiral stil1cornes
can'get what
she
.qlithus- I have a lot of respectfor Munal. I have heard Aimee say that
u'e need and u'e would
rve need for Buildilg Ilspectiols. Early on, she would ask what
etc. Now, it docsl't Seelnto happen as nuch'
get ali of tfiesetrailing
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D epartnent/Divi sion: BllC4-LlSpgglrqlrf

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Date of Interview.Thutsdav.August 4. 20i6
and Carri Byrd
inten,iew: Mark Stcpher-rs
Narne of pcrson(s)conductir-rg
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}vIy direct supervisor is
I startedu,orking {br thc Cit1,6; Denton on March ' 2076'
Gler'daGaillard and then Rodneyof the frol' 1":k' Mayela
When you walk ti)Iough the doors of CIIW, I sit to the right
office' ]'likole's desk' and
a[rd I sit next to each other. On down that hall;way,is Chris'
then Aimee and Munal's officeand I are friends and
Wiren I have a work question I go to Glenda or Rodney' Athenia
I used to be
to q'ork foi ttre Cit)'' Amb"l
have been for six years prior to .,-,"
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"o*itlg
and I used to hang out with her and her
friends also outsideof rvork. Athenia,f
hang out rvith them anymore- I have
husband Clay outside of rvork, but werffdon't
had somethingelse going
never been to the social cventsoutsideof work- I've always
orl.

The irriday bcforc the July 4tr'weekcnd,I was in cluis' gfrt:" Xt'],:T:t::"*:,T:::l'
a Certificate of Occupancy
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lines of "I'nt cl-reckingyour br:t1out rigirt l']ow'"
said sourcthingalong 1l-re
into tl'reoffice' I got my answer
looking at hin-rlike did you just say that. carl walked
thc bar ciuickiy 1o give her an
and thcir I left becauseI had 1o get back to the orvnerof
I rvasrea1lyfocused otl
ar-is\\rer.I dor't rccall hcar-i'ganything clse inappropriate'fhcrc could have becn somct'hirlg
needing an answerand getting tact< witr this person'
else said, but I rcally don't k-r'rowilr,
bod;'
j knora,Cluis is a big joker, but l'r,e lle\/er heard hirn say an}'thiniabout-ar-ryone's
to Sandy or
parts- I'r,e only t,."i.ir"r" six months. I{e 1ra,' have said sornething
or somethlng'Chris speaks
sonteo'c elscu,ho u,assitti'g up irout, iike )'su uced to letire
Cluis Sa)/"I do u'hat I u'aut
iouciiy So;,6u cat.rhcar-l'ritnu'hen he's speak-ing-I've ]-reard
rocio .,'lju sttakr:i1 \\,itl-iagrainofsa lt a n d t h iu k h c ' s o n e o 1 ' t h o s e k in d o f p c o l; le '
ltasever hapllerled.but he does sa1'tirata lot'
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Glenda is awesone. I can go to
Rodnel, about anl,thing. I walk ir-rthe door ar-rdit's a place I want to be.

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i)leaseremernbcrthat the infcmration you provided and discussionsthat took place is
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discloscany infornralionprovidedor djscusscdin the intervieivto any othcr crnploycc
outsidcof lJurnanRcsourccs,
includingyour tnanagcr,without plior pennissionfrom the
Director of Iluman ltcsources, Carla Romine-Haggnrark, or IJuman Resources
Conrpliar.rcc
Spccialist,\4ark Stephens.iluman llesourcesstaff mentberswill keep those
rvho are in a necd to krou'nosition abreastof tlie statusof thc investigationFederal is11'prohibits relaliation againstany employeeby anolher cmployee or by the
Companyfor leltorting,filing, tcstifying,assistingor parricipatingin any manner in any
ir-rvestigation,
proceedingor hearing conductedby the Company or a federal or state
enforccilcnt agency. EnrpJoyccsshould leporl any rctaliaiion to a supervisor, any
nlanagerin his,&erchain of commald, or to the Direclor of Iluman Resourcesor to lire
Ifurnan Resources Compliance Specialist. Any complaint wiil be imrnediately,
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Name: Carl Ilaeer IY

Titlc: BuildineInspectorI
Buildine Jnspeqttons
Department/Division:
Phone extcnsiotr: :!3.E-6
Date of Intervieu':Thursdav.August 4. 2016
and Cani Byrd
Name of person(s)conductinginten'iew: Mark Stephens
was here trvo yeals prior in the Parks
I starled u,orking here u,ith the City in N4ay 2016' I
departmentfcrabout 5 nontlls.
is now my direct Supervisor
They just createdsupervisorsaboveus now. Jack I{ooten
and Chris Lanzi is his supen'isor
for a while so l.knorv horv he is'
Chris is loud and straight forward. I've kpown Chris
I've never heard irim say it to
I, r,e becn around him before. I{e j okes with me, but
they work at the fair stuff togelher
anvonc clse before. I{c knorvs my parentsbecause
and I've been aroundhimwas siting i. Cluis' office talking
The Friday belbre July 4'l'rveekendin the afternoon,I
on ihe
Catliy carneinto Chris' office. I remembettdrawing
to hira. Oand
was going to get ma.dbecause
boau'd. Cluis said that rvlioever had drarvn on it before
I do1't recail apything about
rvas drawi'g o\/er u,hat was drar,,non the board'
I
want to make out/iet's all rnake-out'"
Cluis saying "you'i bu11looks nice" or "do you
norll
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during that
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rvassaid- I don't recall Airtreeu,ho sits acrossthe hallway
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Cursipgis kept 1o a trtinimumexceptu4retlit's
The InSpectorsgOback and
tO not
arrdu,her,Sheis around,\\/e aIe ahval'scauLioUS
"ut'"to relirc or lhat one is going to
fortir a Jot giving cach other a harOtime about leeding
that you've been doing this too long
retire bclbre Solnconeelse. l'r,e ireardsonleonesay
rve lleed to have some of tire
to gef a fi'csli set of cycs oll stuff- I took it ai
and u,e
'ecd
neu,/youtlggu1'shurry to get up to spccd on inspections'
Citl'' I enjoy beii-rgable to get out'
I love u,orking hcre aud that's u'hy I canle back to the
the n-roveto lire neu'building arld
but also Jravea r^,,orkspaceirside- I,'r cxcited about
lire lcat-rtittgoltporluniticsthat I have bccu givcti'
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l'itl c: Pla n sE xanrincrII
Buildjns Inspections
Department/Division:
Pho n ecxtcnsion:83-52
Dale of intervierv:Thursdav.August4. 20i 6
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I havc worked in Building Inspectionsfor 3 yearstl-risOctober.

then Munal
My direct supen,isoris Emily Loiselle,who reporlsto RodneyPatterson,
Mauladad.then AirnceBissett.
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area
When walking into tire main lobby of City l{all West, my office is in the basement
You take a
of the building. You go to your right, then ro your ieft and dorvn the stairs'
Iefl and then a right.
(she
Michclle Brown and Carrie Joncsare in an office, then ihere is JanelleMontgomery
and Can-ie
hashcr orvnofficc),tlrcn
r-nzier and Angela Adams also sharean o
Plans
Whcn I needalt ans\verto a rvork reiatedissue,I rvould discussit with the other
I rvas still not
Exarniners. If I u,asstili irot comfortable,then I rvould go to l]rnil)' and if
comfortablervith the answer,then I would go to Itodney'
it's Janelle
When I needa brcak,i go talk to one of my co-u,orkers.Most of tl-retime
bccauseshc's aroul-rdnly age and we are in the sane gcneration'
is Wednesday'
I rvork4, 10-hourdays;6am-5pmMon, I'ues,Thurs, and Fri- My day off
I'm ir.rm)/ olllcc 80-85%of the timedivision,a fcw timcs u'ltett all itrsllcctoris leaving the
As 1aras 15c13uildingIr-ispections
1've bcen tO a
Organization,titen a fe.n,of us fiaye goneout aftet work to Iave drir-iks'
l'roursthat
social
thc
gatirering,but otl-rertllantl-rat,I don't go to
ticltartnrentalChristt-nas
in tirc corporate
llre rlr:nar1
nrenijrason occasiol. Becauseof pry pteviousexperiences
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Over llte past)/ealand a half, I'r,e hearcicursingSomealnongslcowolkers'
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Cluis say "l cau do u,hatI want," rvhcriire becameInspectiorisSupervisor
AssistantBuildingOfficial. In my opinion
all galheringin a
I,r,e heardhirn say thingsto other enrployees.For exarnple,we were
had not sho""nup- I{e sat
1odiscussthe lcrv silc plan. A iew of the attendees
r-uccting
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dowuamongstever)/one.IJe makcsa call and says"how colre you didn't
ca llwh cn lcalled?1o.1'o.t,bossand y o u willa n s we rmc rv h e n lc a lly o u ' " ln t h e ro o n
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rvasIl-odireyPattersol,Aimee Bissctt,mysclf a1d a few other people' Rodne.y
rne think
"rvhoaCluis that's a litfle tnuch." Airneethen laughcdaboutit- So, that made
the
Director of
1ha1ivhat Ilodney hadjr-lstsaid rvastregatcdbecauscAirncc is the
depaltmetlt.

I have a very
We've haclsor-nesexualharassmenttraining amongstour staff meinbcrs'
a pedestal'I'm not
high standardwjrcn it comesto rvomen. I bclievethey shouldbe on
golrg ro pur up wirir thar kinci oibehavior when i'nt arouitci.
cmpioyee' I was a
Chris and I have someprior history prior to t1e becouringa City
regular attendecat tire
bounccr at tl.reRocking Rodeo fi'om-2002Lo 2004.I{e rvas a vcry
heard i-rirnsay or do
bar. I ha'e throrvn hil out for slappinggirls on the ass. I have not
wouid not put up with
anything to Amber or any other girls at work. He knows that I
that.
office' Ir4ostof the
Cluis and Aimee spenda iot of time togetherin his office and her
'lhe
actions I seelead me to
time in his office becauseshe sharei aiioffice with Munai.
in lust'
believethey are having an affair. They act like high schoolers
When we are rnaking
We u,ereat the Police training centerfor the Builder's luncheon'
knorv' This rvasJuune29'
big changesto the code,we invite the community to iet them
(22-25 staff members')
2016. Everyonelton the Building Inspectionsgroup was there
'riiere wcre 100-i25 buildersthere. fliis was a vcry seriousmeeting. There rvere1wo
Clrris and Aince were
tableson thc side of the room for staff membcrs- Munal, I{odney,
is alreadythere and is
sitting at a table. Aimee sits her phonc down on the table' Cluis
and begins giggling' Aiinee would
textilg. 'I'rvosecondslatcr Aiprce picks up her phor-re
and giggie' This went
text zurdlay dowl her phone. Then Chris wouid pick up his phonc
No one elsewas on the
on for the cntire nicetingwhicl-rlastedaboutan hbur and a iralf'
to Mr. Pattersonrvho was giving h'is
plione becausc*," *.r""payi1g attcr-rtion
of the meeting,the two of thern got up and left tl-re
presentation.At thc er-rcf
rvhile the rest of us rvere
roon/building together. 1-hcy*"r" gon" maybe 20-30 tt]inutes
Chris irad rode over
clcaningr.r1t.I askedif ltodnel'nccded a rideback becausclle aud
Said"no, Chris wiil conreback and get me
apd Ch'is rvas.Ot tjrere. Rodr-rey
rogctl-rer
up, Cirris and Airnce
sorne1ime." As u,e rvercwalking out of tl-r"building, afler cleaning
was givilg her a tour' I
captellom the ue\ / aparl'lenls across1hestrcet. Chris said he
inside the buildiirg
peoitlc outsideof t|e apaflments,but lot sure if tfierervcrepeople
5311,
or notgo up to lalk to Cl'rris'I
Whcn thcy are in Chris' ofilce, they have shut the door'. \\/hen I
there- I have not seel-I
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looks like rvhentu'o peoplcare havingan affair'
them' I',vc
being ableto treatothersthe way he rvantsto treat
chr-isis ver1,cotnfortablc
tlot workilig'
heardhim say anythingto anyoncaboutbeingtoo old or
'e\/er
corintryrnusic' one of rr-ry
I went oul to l)an',sSilverleafone evettingbecauseI'm into
think Aimee's husbandmay
band guysrvasplayi'gand Chris anCAi'iree were there.I
Airlee and Chris were at
have becn there,but Iim not ceflain becauseI don't know irirn'
thc bar right up next to eachother.
are gettingtw'o buildings and
We are gettingrr:aciyto rltoveinto our new building. We
PlansExaminersare
thc secondarybuiiding rvill be for Fire and BuiiclingInspectors'
about it' we
of the main building. when we first startcdtalking
going inro the baseme-nt
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discussedit as an openteam. when chris becamethe Assistant
alrd ail ne*' fumiiure
ihat ire v,,oulciget tire seooncibuilcling,an executiveoffice'
cleci<lecl
be sharinga large office
(accordingto Chris.) We have 10 PiansE*urii,1"tt that wiil
the day, wili be havc tfieir own
space.The lnspectors,who are out of the office most of
as iarge in spacg??rvhat the space
offices (trvo to air office.) The Inspectorsoffices are
of the office 95ohof the time'
10 PlansExaminersrviil be sharing.Inspectorsare out
layout of the new building is
u,hiie PlansExarninersare in the office 95Yo. Theproposed
went to the new building and sau'
not beiirg done in the most efficient manner-When we
It seemslike a stepdown or at
the stateof the ncw place,it didn't seernlike a stepup'
a budget'council sayswe rvill
Ieastnot aly better.I heardAimee say don't worry about
gct what wc necci.
Aimee say to Chris and one of
Standingoutsideof City I{all West on a break,I overheard
I cap get whatever I want'"
the Inspectors,"Af1er I get a coupie of drilks in Geo,g",
relationshipgoing on
Among my work group,rve all believethereis an inappropriate
whole departmentnow even
with Chris and Aimee. It feelslikc Chris is runningthe
directio' Chris wairts to go that's
lirough he's not the 6irector- lt seemslike wliatevei
ale very feu'times that Cluis
rvherew(j go becauseAitnee just {oes what he says' There
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that haveoccu,'edin our dcpatlment
incidents
some
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\4unal
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I harre
I scirciyou a lct1erregardilg thosecollcerns'
upcopfortable,atrdshesr.rggcsted
rvhen I was going to retire'
u,alking by the front counter,l-ieaskeclme
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fir'e people wlro work
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behinclthe cor:ntcr.So, I'm suremost of
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conrmetttsotl horv old I am' It was extremeiy
office across
i opeted it to leave,cliris u'as in his
rvhen
morni.g,
tl-ris
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shut
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Atheniawere talking aboutthe tlew
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Brittany
cluis,
ancl
office
l?.odr-rey,s
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I
had
if
asked
Britta'y
and
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Athenia
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ar-rd
counter
front
the
to
yesterday crr:.is came
why "n-ie" insteadof Athenia
and she,r..o"J ii quickly- we asked
iratt
at
city
her
to
desk
his
ltom
sornething
Aimee knou's that Sandy isn't
ct'r.is."ii it *1
Assisro't;.
Admi'isrrari'e
(chr.is,
!::::se
or i3rir.ta'1,Miirer
wanted ne to since she
.'g
Athenia (rny supervisor)if she
a.yt,.ring.t tfta rri'r I rvourdtake it ar-rdasked
it to Aimee'
Atheuia said that she rvould take
,uld harreto cover tlie front cleskfor me.
. f l r i s l r a s b c en g o in g o nfora.bottta)/ear'ifrrotda ily t h e n rv e e k ly , u , lre n h e wa ik s b y lre rv illrrra k e a d e r o g a t o r y
old to work' or retiring'
comnent about,rlio'rvorking, being too
discriminatedbecatrscof my
anguish.andI feel like I'rn being
I
feel
city'?
the
for
u,ork
10
olci
too
Arn I really
elsc cloes'so is it my age?
age.Yet l can do worl<that everybody
changedfor a while' witir the nerv
*t"il:ill:::1,tt
Then
before.
irappened
Ti.rissamerype of discrimination
but rvith a new group of her
rike the samesccnariois going on,
,.",.,-r,
it
clirector,
our
bei'g
Air-'ee
rc_orga'd
was rlot opened'sltewas
n.,vrupervisor.l:he positiot-t
ur-ro.i,
promoted
(jrccn
be.,-,
t-ros
ravorite stair. Ailrcnia
last rveek that he ruus tl-iedepartnrent'
tnadetl-t"
]ust appointecland Chris
"nn'''-t-"'r'rt
a.d hu'-iiliati.g' I feel as if I'n-t
.r-hcse
.-ie are extrcmelycmbarrassi'g
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me
to
o1-cor'r-]ents
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'racle
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t""uur"
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;;;rri
and/or
bei'g rrarassed
"f
do'e anylhi'g to warranl these
or.rtfo*o,-r-r"-.*rJr- I feel I rra'en't
sritea
bcing
l,rr
that
i
so
cr-'proyees,
'-eer
coltlt'llentsor ch.is Lanzt to sec
Alhe'ia Greeu,Air'ee Bissctt'
supcrvisor,
my
*ra'l
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I
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I u,ork at tire lront counterat City I-lali West in the PlanningDivisioit. Tltere are severalstaff u'ho u'ork oir
this floor aud u,alkb),rtr),{esk at all, giyel time. Tfterearetrvo deskshere,trtineand one that Nikole Cherv'fo the lefl of us is 13uilding
the1,21. helpingnle or coveringfor my Junch.
.Jonesor Alhenia Greensit a1u,her.i
.slteclionsPernrilTechs;Nichoie lllkins, I\4a1,s12
Vasquez,and LirrdaAmcs. Acrosstire hail are lRodney
, attersol, I{alen I'lcmrann,aitd lt4uzaiblliaz. I3rittany\4illel is at the end of the l-iallu'ayand Glenda
is at llie other ctld of thc hallu,ay
Gailiiat:danclJrnrill,l-ojscjle ].ravcoffices at thal end aiso.N{unalIr4ar.rladad
ztcrossfionr Chris Latrzi's ofhce. I sa1,1]lirbecauseany of them at any time could be rvalking to the front
Iobb1,or by our counters.
On ayerageat leastoncc a u,eekChris makessomet1,peof c,ommelttaboul liow old I am or asks mc when I'n-t
going to retire.
7120116- I u,asin \4unal's officc and shut the door this morning,q,henI openedit to lcave, C]rris u'as in his
olfice acrossthc irali. Shorlly afterthat, Athcnia had come to the front desk to rvork bcsideme and she said
she u,as here"to watch rne."
7113116- Chris u'asin Il.odney'soffice and u,alkedout. I{e, }Srittanyand Athenia u'crc talking about the neu,
phone ganlePokemonGo. I}ittany askedif I had a Iracebook.Clr,risrcpiied, "Sandy's too old to have
Iraccbook."
ill?, 16 - Chris cam.eto the fiont counterancltold Athenia and me that Aimee Bissettrvanled me to lake
sonclhing 6om his desk to her at City Hall anclshe neededit quickly. \\/e askeclwhy "me"' instead of
Alhenia or Brittal1,\{ilier (Chris' Adninistratir,'eAssistant). Chris said,"It's becauseAimee klows that
Sand1,!sn't <ioinganything," and laughed.I told ]rirn I u,ouldtake it arrdaskedAthenia (my supen'isor) if she
u,anted me to sincc she r,r,ouldhave tb co\/erthe fi-ontdesk f<lrme. Athenia said that she rvciuid take it to
imee.
Sornetimearound 6121/16- C1rrisLanziu,asu,alkingby the front countergoing into itodney's office- I{e
askecime rvhen rvas i going to retire. I{e was very loud and the lobby was fuil of people, including citizens,
custorners,and fellorv employces.I believe N4unalwas walking by- I usually arrive at Clf\\z abor-rt10-15minutesbefore I start at 7:00 am (my work
Sonretimearound6116116
horrrs areT-4)but l clon'l log inro Kronos until closerto T:00 am. Chris is usually hcre at that time- That
| 3ry'yedcioscr to 7:00 arn and logged into l(ronos exactlluat 7:00 anl. I noticcd Clu-iswas
ltarticulardzr1,
outside srpokingb),t6e north side of the building rvhenI drovc up. I{c came down here and said "I saw that,
yorl \\/crelate.You trccd to get irereon tinte."
'fjris I'rasbeengoing on lbr about a year, at leastonce a wcek, rvhenhe r,r,alksby he will make a derogatory
aboutnte not rr,,orking,
being too olcl,or asking rne when I'm going to retire.
c-.onmcr-rt
)l upsetsntc e\/erytine irc nrakcsonc of theselypes of comments,bu1I liave beenjust biowing it off bccause
I u,ouldlle retaliatedagainst. For thal rei:son,
I 1i:itlike any complailt I nradervouldn'tbe laken st:riousl),a1d
I <lon'1havean),r-norespccific clatcs.I <lon'turantrny supelvisor,Atircnia Grecu, Airlrce Bissett, or Chris
I.anz.ito scethis.

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Narne: Sandy Lawsolt

Title: Adrlin Asst ill

I) eparturenl/Divi sion : P I anning & Dcveloprncnt

Pl i on eextension:8188
Date of Intcn'icu,:7l22l16
conductingintervierv:Mark Stephens,Jol-rnNelscn
Name o1'person(s)

Malk:
7/20 -Does Athenial know? It looks like she'streenaroundduring tireseincidents,horv
does she react?What does she mean "to rvatch lne?"
SA}.JDY:
joking and rr'rdeto
She's been arouncla lot of it. She either keepsworking or laughs. I{e's
otirerpcopie1o.
Mark:
That way to her?
SAN D Y:
welborne ir-r
Yes, but they're bestfiicnds. They go drinking together.Thcm and Kathy
Atilenia is probabil' useciio
buiidilg ilspections.They've all hung out togetherfor 1's315.
his behavior.
rvasthcreNormally nobocll,sits by rne, but when I came out of Mr:nal's office, she

Ir4AItK:
\,\ihat u,as the Inessztgclirat Athenia was communicating?

SAN D Y:
l-hrnk tlizitChris lold I'rerI rvasin N4unal'sofficcIT4AI{K:
What would make lter want 1o rvatoiryou?
SANDY:
asked
I don't knorv.I lold Athcnia I u'asgoing to \4unal's office' but I don't kuou'. She
u4rzrturetalked about.
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\lihat did shedo next?
SANDY:
Jtrststaycdllrer-cu'or-kiug.
MAIU(:
Readingall of this, it looks iike she'snot lhcre for a benignpurpose,but ratherjust to
rvatch),ou.What kind of lelationshipdoesshehavc with Cjrris- betu'eena strong social
cliqucand lrardl'lcontact,rvhcrcdoessliefail?
SANDY:
Slrongsocialc.liquc.Shervould be highly upsetif sheknew I rvassaying anfhing.
MAIIK:
So, she'swatchiirgou1for Chris becausethey're friends.Or she'swatching out for
herselfbecausesheknorvshe's mean.Is that right?
SANDY:
I don't tliinl<shethinks Chris is rnean,sheirrobablythinks lic's joking.
N4ARK:
When Chis nradethe commentthat "Sandy's too o1dto iravefacebook" Brittany and
Athenia were there.What's their relationship?
SA].{DY:
She'snerv and Alhenia is trying to tcachher.
MARK:
WoLrld13rilta:r1,
know that k-indof conrnent would be inappropriate?
SANDY:
No, she'syoung and hasn'tbeento many IfR trainingsyet.
IT4ARK:
iJut Athcnia should lcnorv.Ignoranccis not a defensc.'I'hat'srviry I'm curious as to witl'
she r.vouldn'lspeaktp. Did you go to Mr-rnalwith this?
SAN D Y:
Ycs.
IT4AI{K:
l/12-- I needsonrconeand I knorv Sandyisn't doing an)/thiirg"* Chris-I{as he said
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Yes. V/lry arc you stili here,you"reroo old to be here,you can't do anything.It's all
commentsin passing- not makinga big dealof it.
MAII.K:
I-Ieallegesthat yor.rdon't do a lot of work bccauseof your age.Docs ire keep tabs ou your
urork?
SAN D Y:
Not that I krrow of
Ii4ARl(:
Ilas Athenia cvcr cotnmcntcdon )Iour work ot lhat you're slorv?
SAND Y:
No
]T4ARK:
I)oes he say this kind of thing to anyoneelse?
SAN D Y:
Not that I know of. I haven't heard hirn.
MAITK:
Docs he say it unclerhis breathor is it out loud?
SANDY:
l{e says it lor-rd.
MAIIK:
Munal could liear it?
SANDY:
An1,en" out in lire hallrvaycould hear it.
Ir4AIiK:
Air.nec.Nikole?
SAN D Y:
Possible
MAI1K:
Wliat' s t .\i kole' s relationship u'ith Athcnia'?
SAN i ) Y:
Sirc'shandlingreporlingto Atheniapretty wcll.
MAITK:
ls sl-repart of the cliquc?
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No
]r4ARK:
DoesNikole rccognizethat Athenia and Chris are close?
SANDY:
I would say shewould.
A4Ai tK:
I-lave)'c-lt"t
cvcr sccn Chris or Atlienia or Aimee <iosonethinr;Ihat u,orrldhe intsn{j6p2ll1,
meanlto harrnsomeone?
SANDY:
No, but rvhenAirnee got there- I used1odo rhe zBA meetings,but sire changedme to
do 1heI-ILC meetings,rvhich are harderto do. I have to s1a1,intounr a lot more. She's
girrenme lhat fol somereason,but don't know rvh1,.
]r4ARK:
IJa'e 1,ouhad any performanceevalr.rations
from Athenia yet?
SAN D Y:
No, just from Aimee.
IT4ARK:
what kind of rciationsiripdoesAimee have u,itir Athenia and chris?
SANDY:
The ivay it looks 1otne -- Airnee and Chris go out the back door on srnokebreaks.
'lhe\,'rc together
a lot.
MARK:
I'm going 1omake an assunlptiontiiat if tliey'rc hanging out a lot they like eacirother
SAND\':
Ycs.
MAII.K:
Lei's taik aboutMtrnal and all of tliis. You wcnt to ]\4unai.June 16 ltc said {f e1r,r'rrr
rxrar-e
Iatc-i read il as )/orju,erehere and she u,asjust giving
the
busincss.
1,ou
SAN D Y:
Chris lold rle litat his pcoplccomc in 30 minuteseariy but hc cloesn'tlet thernclock in.
l{e docsn'tbelicvcin that 7 min rulc becar:se
ifl{ policy says8:00. IIe saidhc was going
lo charlgethcir-l-irle-I-le's t-alk-cd
to me a lot abor-rt
how I shor-rlci
be tirerebcfore 7:00ar-rr.
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Doeshe lraveany peoplethat rvor-kfor hirlr that arc over the
SAN D Y:
Yes,probabil,.
ir4Al{K:
Do 1'ouirearanythingaboutthein?
SANDY:
No
MARK:
Talk to mc about Munal's relationsl-ripwith them
SANDY:
onllI2'
Slresrnokesas rvell. I askedher if sheheardClrris's comment
you needto talk with Mark.

She said yes' and

N4ARK:
Did she say that she r.r'asgoing to talk with Chris?
SANDY:
it' I said that I thinl< he's just
She ciidn,t say "taik rvith Chris" but lhat she would address
kidding, but she said it was unacceptable'
MARK:
lf4unal are both aware of horv
There are no jokcs and these are high-stakes.I{orvarclancl
Do you think they disc,ss thi'gs
seriousthis is. What's Airnee and Mu'al's relationship?
like this?
SANDY:
they were the same' we couici go to
I don't knorv. Our first rneetingwith Aimee she said
eitlier. I rvould think that they talk about it'
MAITK:
and cluis?
Aimce and cluis relationshipis diil'erentthan Athenia
SANDY:
Athenial and Chris are like old high school buddies'
IT4ARK:
about this?
Do you think that Atllenia has ever talked with Airnee
SANDY:
I don't think sirethinks it's that irnportant
MAIII(:
statenent?
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Did 1,sr sharcu,ith Munal any of the other things you ureirtioned )'our
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Yes,andnow Nikolc is sittingdonarthereby rlc. I don't knorvif Athenjatold hcr to or
not, irul I cion'tlcalll, 631"s.
IvIARK:
to
(ballpark)hasCItrisn rc rrt io n esdo rn c t h in a
g b o u ta g c d ire c t ll' re la t e d
IJo r vr r r a n l'tjnrcs
1',OU?
SANDY:
Ilou, long as Airneebcenlherc?
\4AIiK:
Did this startrvhcnshegot therc or when he got promoted?
SANDY:
\\ihen he got promotcd.
MAI{K:
You say it's pretty frequent,his cornrnents?
SANDY:
Once or lwice e\/er)/week
]r4AItK:
Anybodl, elsethat rvould know u,hat's going on rvith this situation?
SANDY:
I{odncy shouid.He hasrealll'good earsand hearseverl4hing.Ife's right acrossfi'om me.
I've nevcr seenhorv he managelhings, but I knorv that Chlis is in his office a iot. llodnel'
rvor.rldirevcr do anvthiirp.\\'r'onq,but maybe thinks it's just joliing.
IT4ARK:
I u'asiroping things u'ould gct belter u'ireuilrian lef1.
SAND\':
It's thc exact saltlcas it u,AS,only rvorse.
Ir4All.K:
And Chris is 1hcinstigator?
SANDY:
Ycs. Ilrian \vas it lot morc subtle.Ifc rvould never say an)/thinganyoneelse cottld hear.
ir4ARK:
(rrrhon-rightbe doir-rgit 1o savc
i-lcfolc, i1 ..r,a.s
J?-or,Ni!:o1e,and lli'ia:r. Norv it's A1-her-rra
lrcr-job), Ain-tcc,and Cht'is.iror nte to behavethe way I rvantto behave,sollleollehas to
allou'it 1ohzrplten
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Definitcll,.
IT4ARK:
I-lou,rvould),ou cstimateChr-is'behavior?I{ou,u,ould you characterizehis derncanor?
SANDY:
I{e ve r ysclf-asstlredandconficlent . I J e s a l, 5 lre ru n s t lre d e p a rln re rrt . I t h in k A irrre e p u t
too, so he has evenmore peopleunder irim'
him over health-inspectors
lease
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remcmbcrtliat the infonnation you provideci
copfidcntial. To ensurc the integrity of the investigation,you should not disclose any
infollation providedor discussedin 1heintervicq'to any other employeeoutsideof IJurnan
I{esources,ilcluding your manager,u,ithoutprior permissionfrom the Director of I{uman
Itcsources,Carla Romine, or iiumal ResourccsComplialce Specialist,Mark StephensIf r:inanResoltrce:;staff membcrsr,r'illkecp thoseu'lto are in a need to know position abrcast
of thc statusof the investigation.
by the
I:'ederallaw prohibits retaliation against any enrployee by another employee or
in, any
manner
any
in
Company foi reporting, fili1g, testifying, assisl,ingor participating
or state
investigation, proceeding or-hearing concluctedby the Company or a federal
lnanager
any
enforcementagency.Employees'shouldreport any retaliation to a supervisor,
to the I-Iuman
i1 his/her chain of comrnand, or 1o the Director of lftunan Resources or
and
objectively'
ResourcesCompliance Specialist.Any complaint will be immediately,
disciplinary
thoroughly investigated.If a report of ietaliaiion is substantiated,appropriate
action, up to and including discharge,u'ill be taken'
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u'e talked' She tolC me she felt

On July 20'n, Sa.dy l-au,Soncame to 're \/ery upset and
1oldrne there had been several
shervasbeing discriminatedagainstbecauseoin"t age' She
ale you stiil here' arett't )'ou retired
rcmarks over the past year such as ")'Ou'retoo old, why
Clr: is Lanzi sa)/these tlrings
yel, you <]onot d.r an),r]:irrgan)ryay.,, I lra.le u,itnessed\4r.
tiie hall and stairsto the restroont'
to Ms. I-au,so, at the front desk as I passedby to go down
Ms' l 'arvsonsaid it made her
This Jrashappeled regularly over the "orrrl of six months'
I\4s' Larvson raised anothet concern
feel unu,antedand I assuredl-rerthat she u'as wanted'
and said that he got a message
to me that prior to :ri' 20tl',lr4r. I-anzicane by her office
something to city Ifall and he said
from Aimee Bisset and that she needssomcoireto bring
rvhy don't )/ou take it'" I have not
to ]r4s. Larvson l.since ),ou cion't do anything anyway,
' heard anyone elsc say these things directedto Ms' I-arvson'
as you colne into the City l{all West'
Ir4s.Larvson sits to th(r Iefl hand sicleof the front desk
Lawson' Bi'it"any }vliller irorv sits in
Nikoie Cherv Jotresor A'rheniaGreeir sit next to lds'
desk' I?'odneyPattetson(now) has
the open spaceat that cnclo1'thehall fast \4s. I 'awson's
Pattersonoffice is the Planning
the olllcc acrossfrom \4s. Lu*'sot]'. desk. Next to N4r'
pattersonrrearingtircse statemcntsis'ery l-righ' I{e has
Tccrrsoffice. The cha.c.csof Mr.
desk' I believc Ms' Miller
good heari'g anclsits i' close proximity to Mi. I-a\vsot]'s
'ery
rvella'd Ms. Chcrv .loics ha'e heardthesestatetncutsas
lr4s' Grccu for the past tll]-eeu'eeks
to
The chain of command is that lr4s.L,arvsonreports
directiy 1o Jon Jroflunc'
or so. prior to lhat sher-eporledto Ms. Bissetwho rcports
but I have ireard her iaugh
1-o rly knou,ledgc,\4s. Ilisset has 1ot made flresestatenlents'
anyv'/ay'
u,hcr-:.
lr4r- I-anzi i.rys N4s.Lau,son cloesu'tdo anythir-rg
reports to me' I report to \4s'
who
Mr. I-anzi rcports to 14r. Pattersou,il,-,italng Oin"i"t,
Bisset'
patterson.\4r-.patlersonsaid
r-^^..r-:^^rof
^r\/.
\4r. rI-anzi's behavioru'il"rrMr.
I irave broachedthe subjcct
to Mr" Paltersolloll Severaloccasions
he is r-iotgoing to g,c1involvcd. l have Iucntionedthis
and had clecided10stoptnenlioningit to him'
of retaliation- She told nre I i.rad
After ]r4s.Lau'son carueto me, shc said she is so afraid
but lhat I had iost'
made great cl-ianges.
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She said she did no11ruslI-lil-and this infonlation rvill be revealed1o Jr4r.Ianz-i, \4s. Bisser
and \4s. Green u,ho u'ould retaliate againstirer- She said shc had r-ePorlecl
]r4r. Lanzi's
just
behavior to Carri and Carla in I-lR and they
laughed it off and told irer tliat is horv h<:
is- I told lrer I tvzlslr'1sure
thal urasaccurate. She said nou'1hat \4r. Lanzi's is so power-i'ul
becauseMs. l3issetlets him ruir the shorv. I asked if she could send a letter-,who she woul<l
send jt to. Sandy said she fclt corr-rforlahlecrivino il tn l{ourard Ir4anin.

\4r.\-anzi sa1,5111!11gs
such as "l owlt this place. I m1 this place. My boss is Airne-e-" I
believeother peopleirave overheardthesestatelnents-N4r-I-anzi saystireselhings while
zrtthc fr-onlcour-r1cl
olficc areain a reiativelvloud voiccSinc.eJr4arch
29,Ix4r.Lanz,ihas barelyspok-en
to me. Intervicu'shave been conductcd and
individuals hirecl for Inspcctor Supervisorpositions but I irave not bet:n consulted or.
included. On N4arch29, I lesigned from the Cit.1,of l)enton. Jon Ilortune asked me to
rescindmy resignation.I told N4r.Irortuneand lr4s.llisset that I u'as not rcceiving crecii.t
for all the u'ork I have done as it rc.latesto processesand organizational structure and
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in culture. N4s.llisset ltas taken crcdit for my u'ork. I told him that
there u,as a percention that lr4s. llisset and Mr. I-anzi zue in a relationship tl'rat u,as

inapPropliatc. \.{r. Irortunedisrcgardedm1' statementsabor.rttheir relationshil:.; IJe told

me I didn't have the political acumenand askedu'hat it rvould take fbr rne to st{r1,.i told
him trvo things - Ilecelve credit ibr rly $./ork,and fo; Ms. ISissetto infonn n-l1'f'olcs and
responsibilitiesto ali tluee divisionsI am responsiblffthatis, Planning,Buildingzlnspection
and Gas Wells. She loucirecion m5' title at a Buiiding h.rspectionmeeting br/not the rest
of the divisions.
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I feel that I am treing singled out and pushcd asidc.
building lavors Mr. Lanzi and N4s.Risset as it relatesto thcir offices. I have not brouglrt
up tr4s.I-,arvson's
coilceills1oN4s.BissetbecauseI feel thcre u,ould relaliation or character
assassination,
rvhich is happeningllow, but I feel it u'ould be amplified.
Th e d a yo ft]restatcltrctitlleingnrad c b y Mr-I -a n , z . it o G I rv a s t ro t in t 1 re
\ /as in N4r.
office. 'fhe nex1.day Iirnil;' Loiselle canrc to rnc and said thatff;
Lairzi's offlcc and irc said "nice butt, do )/oll \\rantto make ou1'/" I askedif therc were an)/
u,itnesses.She saidCath1,Welborne and Carl llaggar- N4s.Bisset, in a laug)ringtone, told
N4 r .]- a n zitLratisinappr.opriatc.N4 s . I -o is e lic ' u i. ] md o rro t t ru s t i-lJ 1 a n d f e e ] s
thcre u,ill bc retaliationfrom N4r.Lanzi and lr4s.Bisset. 1told Ms. I-oisellethat she needed
1orcl;o11it to III{ as a srilten,isor.
I cxplained1hesitualionto Ifou,ardN4artin.
Mr. l-anz-i,"r,all<s
dou,rrtlre hallu,a1,u,hcre 1he Plans Examii'rctsare locatcd zrnd says he
"o\vns lltis ltlace and hc's litc ltoss". Becauseof the ltcrccivcdr-elatioi-rship
I\4tbc'.tu'ecn
in
fear
an1'thing
of
say
l-anzi and Ms. Ilisset, ireoltle are afraid 1o comc fona,ard and
relaliation. I have heald that N4r. l-anzi has flaunted his sexual escapadcs rvith his
insPectionsteam urhclher'11rc1'
6s u'i1hsomeoneinsjde or outside of the ofilce. it is my'
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c'.1-:.er-e;:lplol'ces
u:ldelslr'-:-trliril
titat bc{br-cil)r
}"4r.l-anzi llas 1:adi-elatiollshii;s'.'''ith
rn llrc <ieltartment.I arl not a\\,ilreo1'u,hotlrcl,2rq ol-u,hattlte rclaljonsiripsconsistedof.
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is perceplionthat hc is jraving an affair rvith Ms- Bissetand Ms. Grecn. I i.ravebecn
told that lr4r.Lanzi l.rashad a previousrclationshipwith lr4s.Greenalso.
Ir4r.i-anzi is very dcmeaningtorvardsmost people,iircludingmyself.
'fhose statemeutssprcad
I'r,e ireard\4r. Lanzi say in the past that "I can get ),ou fired.'"
and causea virus that he is "all pou,erful." I, mysslf am cmolionally drainedby tJ'ing to
figure out u,hatis going on and concernedfor myself and m1,famil1,that I ma1'be pushed
out andIosemy job.
I heardlhis o:.ra Friday, July I and I talkedto \{r. \{ar1in on'l-uesday,July 5. I told N4rI\4aflin that it is my re>^ponsibiiitl,1n reporl this incident to hitn. I am not cornfortable
:rr-rnrnar-l.rino
Tr/r I1l6flpne
r'rr'
u'ith this. I cannotgo to Ms. Bissetbccausesheu'as involl'ed irr
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this. I told him I rvasnot present,bul.it u,asreportedto rne. The individuai felt scxually
harassed,in their u,ords,ald fcared for retaliation. I did nol ircar anything else froln \4r-N4artin.I took the lettcr fi'om Ms. I-au,sonto Mr. Ir4arlinJuly 20'l'.
Mr. Lazni is not sensitiveto other cultures,religions, races, or sexual orientation. For
instancehe askedme "Do you hzrvetoilets in Dubai?" I beiieve he is a bleqi and bcliqvgS;
rhal peopicu,ho arc nor Caucasianarebelorvhim. I.outA .,r',"tl sonrethin${hf"3[8Jf.f.a1F-'
that smell u,as.llc said Af ican Americansclon'l have proper hygiene. Carl Partill says
Mr. Lanzi's bchavior is inappropriatcand Ms. Bissct and Mr. I-anzi's behavior torvards
one anotheris embarrassing(text messagingand googlcy e1'es.)
I liave seer:N4s.Bisset and Mr. Lanzi changetheir clothes on Thursday afternoons around .
2:00 or 3:00prnto go drinking. Ir4s.Bissetiays it's her cliscretion.Ihave seenthis at least
7 or 8 times. I have gone to have a drink rvith them after 5:00pm. on occasion- Some of
thc Pials Examinersald Admins have come to me to ask rvhat was going on with Ms.
Bisset and ]r4r. Lanzi. N4s-Bisset and Mr- Lanzi are behind ciosed doors in his office on
tire days that lr4s,Bissetis at City Ifall West. There was a time rny office was locked and
I diclnot have a key. They could havc beenin thcre,but I'rn not sure (I was toid tirey wefe
in there). I texted Ainee and u,ilhin a ferv minutes it lvas opened.
h4r. Partin has come to me and wants 1o rcport tirai he iras srneiied aicoliol orr }vfr- Laiizi's
brcatlras u,cll as the inappropriaterelationshipsbctweenMs. Bisset and Mr- LanziI said rvc nccdcd an Assistalt Bgilding Official. I told her that N4r.Lanzi \\/asnot ready
for 1hcnosilion Tu,orkccion thejob clcscription.Ms- Bissettook it and made some tu'eaks
anclaskcdmc to sign ofI-on it. ]r4s.Rissetsaid shethoughl lr4r.Lanzis was the onc for the
job and took it anciran u'itir it- 'fircrc u,erealso trvo InspectionsSupen'isor positions that
rverefilled. I u,asnot invoh,ed iior lold an14liingabout it. Whcn I broachedthe issueu'it}r
Ms- llisset, she told rne to go talk to Mr Pattersonabout it. Mr Pattersondodged the issue
bu1did assent1o saying lr4s.Ilisset and lr4r.L.anziarc closelr4r Lanzi is lesnorlsiblefor 2 mzrlcInspectionSupervisors,1l male Building lnspectors,
2 fen.raleI-ieaithlnspcctorsand 2 male Ilealth lnspectors-

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Name of person(s)conducting interview: Merk SlgphgLs-4[dQrilRyld
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I have r.r,orked
is her
a total of 27 years.) N4uril Mauiadaciis my supen'isorand Airnee Bissett
supervisoranclJo:rFortuueis her supervisorrvhereyou.first rvaik into the building' \4)'.
I rvork on the main floor of city t-tut11trzest
front desk, 1'ou
offrce is locatedto thc left of the fi'ont desk. \\/hen you ale facing the
out of my
looking
tum left and my office is on the lcf1. I1 the of{ice to rny lelt as I'1r
to rne'
office. lr4uzaibl{iaz and Karen I{erman are in the same office next door
Lawson sits and
Inunediately outsicleof nry office is the Planning front desk u'here Sandy
u'as prornoteci
there is an empty chair u4rereKarcn I-lermaln nseclto sit' After Kzrren
right, is
:nonthsago, Athenia ol Nikole sit tilere on occasion. To rny
arounda
"ouirie-of
are trvo lnore desks
the Buildilg Inspectionscountcru,herePerrnit'fechs sit and pasttl-rat
l{athy
and
Vasquez,Nicole ilikins' LinciaAimes'
for the Perinit Teohs(l\4a1's13
Van Pelt' ucw
Wclbom.) As you go ort iiot"r. t5e ilallu,ay frorn the front desk, itichard
the
is on the right. Pastthat is Airnee and Muual's office on
Irire Inspecliouss,.ritervisor
office on 1heIeft as
right colrer. Chris Lanzi's office is aciossfi'ornAirnee and lr4unai's
hallu'ay
yor.rlook dortn the hallway. Nikole Chew Jones' desk is at the end of the
betu,ecn\4unal/Airt-]ee'soffice and Chris' office'
in :Ird outsicle
70%o
of tbetirnc I'rn in my office ancithe rest of the time I'ur iu meetings
thc)'cotne to t-t-t1'
of the building. 9 out o{ 10 tirnesu,hensorreonewants to talk to tl-ie,
tn5,supervisor,and u'e havc irnpromiltu visits
ol'fice. I mect u,eeklyu,jth N4r.rnal,
thc u,ccir.i nteetu,ith Ai::-ieeirrfrequ.ntly. We uscd to hal'e a bi'r'ccltly
throughor.rt
changed
t-ncetilgu,itl-rAirnee u,lletl sirc firstlecame Direclor, u'hich iras been
rutanagers'
l-Ileetingsget
to montirly 1ou,t5at shc ulderstarrclsrvhat's going on. Sometitneslirose
mectii-rgsinside
cancelledbccauscof Ai',rec,s schedgle.Probably 300%of the time I'm in
is in
or outsideof our building. Chris speirclsa lot of time in my office. N4ybackground
time
(l haclt*,o icars u..; inspcctoru,henI first started-)I sperlda lot of
Plan J{evic11,
inspect
rvith Chris lcarlilg abo.irrle ilspcctiois sideof buiiding inspections'Thef
fcricesto the I1 stor1,collrrentiottceuter and hotel' Tliey inspect
cver'),thing1l-trr-n
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ntechanical,IIVAC, e1c 'fhe inspeclorsarein thc domeon the top floor of City Ilall
West. it is a conllron areau,ilh partitions.
l}'er-),oncei:i a u,hilc, I usedto tall<to Brian Lockiey aboutsportsrelatedstuff and tiren
usedto go to hint to rrent.Now that Brian is gone,I don't leally confidein anyone.
i:r'cqucntly,sonrcof us lrerego out to lunch together.Whcn I rvasPlansllxarniner
Supcrvisor,the l:rdiesusedto alu'a),sirangout. SornetimcsI go to lunch wilh Chris,
'l-he1,go quite oflen and I
Chris and Aimec, sornetulesl{unal, and somctinesAthenia.
rvhenI'm invited.
eo on occasior-r
Oncc a qualter, ri,e havc a social hour where evetJone in the deparlment get logether in
the dorvnto\\/il zlreasuch as llast Side. Tirerc is alcohol invoived. I don't drink, but
sometimes I'll bu1,a round for everyone-

Chris and I ]ravea leal closeu'ork relationship.Cluis, Aitnee, and Athenia l-ravea close
relationship.Ir4unaland I have a cioseu'orking relationship.\4unal has a dauglrtcrthat
has spccialneedsand u,e talk abouttirat- Llmily and Munal seemto have a close
lclationship.'fite PlansJlxaminersstill hang out togetheroutsideof u'ork sometimcs.llor
example,I was invited to Emiiy's 4tr'of -Tulycelebrationthis 1'e21.
firere \\/asan instancervhen\\/e were in a staff meeting and Chris said a curse word- \tr/e
rvere in a meeting rvith tlie l{ealth Inspectorsthat Cirris had recently bee.nprornoled to
supen'ise.After tire meeting, I irad a conversationwith irim lhat ire ruight want to
consiclerwhat he says in front of staff members. Ife said ire thought it rvashis first
amcndnrentright to Saywhateverhe warrtedto Sa}'. I explained t}rat at r,l,orklre needs to
keep it professio:ral.
ile saiclhe neededto leam this kind of stuff. He rnentionedthat rvhen he became
supervisor,he never got called ovcr here to meet u,ith John Wiritmore. i told hin we
neededto pel hinr ovcr Jreleto do some of the I{R classes.
Chris is very boisterous.I{e's constantlylaughingandjoking. Ilis voice caries. Some
peoplelnay sztylirat he's overbearingand not respoudu'ell to tirat kind of personalitl'I-Ie's never saicianl4hir-rgto ine about the rvay \ /omerl look or abor,rt3n1r611"'tage. I did
overhear Clrris szl)/"qhe's too olcl to have a Faccbook account-" I responded that I dou't
evcn have a Faccbook zrccount. Chris, Athenia, and Sandy urere at 1he {ront desk lvher-t
thc comr-nentu,as said. I couldn't realiy see anyone, but i just hear-dtireir voiccs. When
l'rn cnglossed jn rvorl{,I don't really,pay attention to rvhat's going ou. Somc peopie's
voiccs carry lnore liran olhers suc.has Chris, Athenia, and mysclf.
Salidy aqd I have had a conversation about u'hen we are going to retire. Nona, Sandl',
and I talk about retirement because we are the ones tl-ratare at retitement eligibility. i
nreet u,ith cveryone on nt)/ stal'f once a year to discuss the state of our division- I let lherl
klorv that nt;, goal is to retire in 4 years, but that I do not urant 10 be retired in place- I
arn committed to beinp-nroductive rvhile I'm hcre.

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No otrehas corre 1omc ar-rdtold 1le alytirittg sexual
that affected
that he thopghttiri,rgs'w"re going _oliuappropriately
last week and told
'e
Chris wele trf ing to pusir me out
his rvork gror.rp.I-Ietolclmc that he thougiitAinee and
said Chris r'rrartsro be Building
of the departrnent.I took it u'ith a grain oi sait-Carl
teenagers.Ife stated,"cluis talks to
official. I-lesaid Aimec and clu'is are actinglike
and Ei'rilf in particular'"
cvcr),onelike he doest-t'trcspectthem,cspec"ially-the.laJies
when we nove to the new
Carl said Chris braggedthat ire was getting newfurniture
and
,i1rLingdecisio's aboutthe new building
building. Cari saidthey arc go-rnga-,-ound
a:rdthat the InspectoLsrvere
plans. Il" f"t11hePJals Examinerswere beir.rgslighted
and cirris are l-ravingan
getling rvhateverthey rvante<l.Carl said he ttrint<SAimee
'fhough iro one has ever saidthey belicve Airnee and Chris
inappropriaierclationsliip.
ar,: having a sexual relationship'
One concern she had was
ca-meto rnc iast week also and said she had concerns'
Jar-reJle
opened' She said she feels Chris has
that Chris was promoted without the position being
is riie coordinator of the move into tiie
become the ibcus, as wcii as, tire inspectots- Ciuis
the layout of the PlansExaminer area
new building. Janellesaid she feeishc is dictating
gloup thougi.ihc is not directly over
apd mal<ip[ decisionsthat affect t]re Plals Ilxaminer
Cirris, sotlrctimesrnyseif'
rire groul-,. (We ha'e a rnove group oiRtt "r'tiu,Air'e-e,
as involved in the decislons') Janelle
Iraciliries,Tech services. Lately, I haven't been
but after his promotion' his cocky
said at first sire gave him th.ebenefit of ttt" doubt,
Janelie said she's not judging
a,.titudearc the rvay hc ceals rvith p"opi" is inappropriate.
of work is their business' but when
Chris and Airnee. Slie said whateu"r-,i"y-do o"ttlai
said
and when she gets concerned' She
it affects her here at work then that's notiight
it
but you would have never known
zac and,Ernilywere manied and worked here'
to
rvants
chris and Airnee' Janelle
becausethey acted so professionalat *ork, unlike
area for the move to the nerv building'
knorv r.vhyChris is getting involyed in Emily's
I could tell
who then calne and spoke to meAlier I spoke to carl, he spoke to Janelle
they had talkcd about it aiso.
a
last weck also' on June 26' I had
carri Irrazier and Amber ll-odgerscaltlc to me
This
presetltationon the 2015 Energy Code'
rneetingwith thc developcrswhere t got," a
Hall
City
at
to-thePolice Departrnent
rvas do'e i' the lrublic Safcty Trairli'g Centernext
and contractorsand all of building
llast. Prescnt :rt the meetilg was 60 oi so buildcrs
Green'
Mcnguita was thet:e'as u'eil as Atlenia
irrspectionsstaff members1:O or so),1{or-r
Carrie
tlxti'g back a.d forth a'd giggli'g' 'fhey
Ca'ie zrndA'rber said Clrris a'd Ai'ree u'ere
secrnsstrangewith Athenia also'
and Ambcr said Chris and Aimee,s rclatior]ship
prornoGd u'itl-routgoing tirrough a
it rvas odd that C5-risand Athe.ia *"'iUgth
tiror-rgl'rt
c om p cti tir ,cprocess.fhe),statedA rn -re e a rrd t ] irris " r] e la t io n s h ip
a p p e a rs t o b e aton o t
expressedconcems about the move
also
Anber
and
Carrie
rclations[ip.
professional
getting
a large building and;s:cnl to be
thc ncw buiiding becausc1hcInspcctorsrvill be in
thelr
E*u"Ii'''"'s) they couldn't layout
prcferentialtrealme'.. Chris toiOrttem (the Pla's
worse
gotten
said his senseof pou'er has
Spacetire rvay they rvauted. Carric and A'rber
si nccItj s p r onrotiotr.

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J have heard Chris say stuff like "Rodncy said J can do u'halevet ]
\\rasout sontcolrc said "Chris fir'ed lle 3 times rvhile you were gone-"

have not l-reard

I havenot heardany commentsof a sexualnaturecomefrom Chris' I
allyonesay that he's said arll'thingsexualin nalure'
Aimee has been
I.feelthc deparlmenthas beenmore suppoilivethan everbefore' Since
4 more
there,we'\,e gotlennsu' positibns- 2 addltionalPlansExarninersand 3 or
gotlen
suppott
We"ve
a ]ot of good c|angesfor cfficiency,etc'
Inspeclors.\\/e'r,e
Then
-ade
Greg Jo|nsolLwas originally one of out greatestopponents'
fiotl council as well.
we do
udrat
cxplaineci
Aimec introctuccdChri::to Grcg rigJrtafle;'Ai."" took over and ire
tl-rat-In rtry opinion'
and itow u,c do it. Gr,:gbecameone of oui biggestproponentsaflcr
a lot of things' but I
pcoplewere happythat things were cSairging..-idealwith Aiuree o'
bee[rkept out of the
keepMunal in the loop as ,rr*y.up"r.,iro.. M,rnul has saidthat sire's
and Muirai shared
ioop. It was my understandingtI-ratshe was ready to lesign- Airnee
porlion of workload
that rvith us in a group meeti'g. 1 can teli you th;t Clrris takes a big
he worked really hard' He vzouid come
off of rne. \\4ren he first took over as sr-,pcl.risor,
does a lot of good
in early and stay late to make things bctttr. To rny kerorvledge,he
t'ork still.
behavior- when I
I haven,t seenSandy shorv fezu.or countenanceabout clrris and his
*ever cameto me about Cluis' I asiiedabout the
was plans Examinei.supervisor,f
a lot'
l-rlseernedto be in Emily andCFoffice
situatio' r.r,ithjlari Escobar-because
they
They'said
4 days.
The stateme'ts I got from staff rnembershave been in the last
lr-imthat if he iras issues
told
I
carncto me becauseof my conversationwith Carl where
an1'thingabout it'
he needs1o come talk to me about his concems or I can't do
Chris, I do not see
As far aSinappropriatesexual relationsiripbetween Aimee and
that Amber or Sandy
any'thingthat indicatesthat is goiitg oir. I have no reasontc believe
u'ould be untruthfui about nraking their statements'

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Name: \4avelaVasquez
l'itle: Pcnnitl'eclurician
Departmcnt/Division:Building Inspections
Phoneextension:8385
Date of Interview: Irridav.August 5" 2016
Mark Stephensand Cani Bvrd
Name of persol(s) conductingir.rten,iew:

I startedin tire Building Inspectionsdivision in March 2016.

GlendaGaillaird is rny direct superuisorcounter' Then
When you ..valkinto City Hall West, I sit in the seatto the left of the_front
Pelt's office'
is the stairs,then Chris' office, Nikole's desk, Aimee/lr4unal office' Van
I was stationcdat the fi'ont desk. We all switch around as needed'
When I s1ar1ed,
joking around'
You can hear Rodney on the phone and Chris is louder' Chris is always
just Chris'" I can
Sometimeshe's friendly. I'eiple who know him say that "oh, that"s
first' I wasn't
seethat if you didn't know irim, he lnay colne acrossas not friendly' At
him' you'11be fine'
surehow to take hirn. J'vc heardp.opi" say, "If you do''t messwith
wait to talk to
I've never had an issucwith Chris,but if I seethat he's stressed,then I
knorv this'"
him' once Cirris toici me "horv iong have )'ou been woiting here' you should
I could scehis face and I arn shy so I could seehim say "well, it's ok'"
and
Rodney, is always open and kind whel i ask questions. I{e's aiways respectful
Cirris'
than
professional. Ile's zrlwaystherea1clI 1'eclrloie comforlable going to hirn
about retirement
I rememberone time ll-iatlhcy u,erctalking outsideof Itodney's office
and ire'll
time
and ti'releave tilne they have. Chris saiciRodney has a lot of vacation
Sandy and
p."rr"Ufv +q$iit befor" he rctires.I don't recall Chris saying anything about
her age or retiremctrt.
Cath1,is friends with Athenia- So Chris, Cathl',
Chris usescurseu,ords. Ir4y cor.l,orker
Cathy
and Athenia are all playful- Chris stopsto talk 1o Cathy- One day I remember'
said
Cathy
care?"
you
asked Cluis hou,he^u,astoday. ChLii saicl"why the F--- do
I told her' I
"N4a1,s1u.
you heard1irat. You're rn)/ rvitness. i'm going to take irim to ifR'"
joking alound. I rvouldn'tjokc aroundlike that u'ith
don't knou,because),'ail are alu,a),s
joking
of fl-rings.Chr-is,Alhenia, and Cathy are ahval's
or-r1
I jusl try to s1a1,
&p1,e11".
curseword'
around and I 1r1,tostaytut of it, buil reurernberthis time I'ieused the
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Cath1,says that Athenia n,ent to school witir her husband. l-l-ieyu,ete both off because
tirev lrad ('one on a road 1r'ir-rT'm no1 sr:reabout Chris and Athenia, but that the1,213
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logctitcrjn llic sarneu'ork spacea lot. If l do have a qucstion,i :nay harreto interrupt and
ask Cathl' a qr.restion.I just try not to laughor joke. I just lry to work.
Cluis's door is closedsometimesaird somelirnesChr-isand Ainlee are in theretogethcr
sonetin.Ies.Chris and Aimee seemto have a relationshipand speudtime logether.
I klorv sornetimesGiendatells Chris that what he saysis not very nice. I've heard
Aimee saytliat also. I feel safebecausethey say that Chris is just like that.
Clrris sometimcshc's rr,czul.I{e may say "WI{AT!?!" Then whcn he seesme bcing shy,
with Nikole and Cathy. With Nikole, he rvouid say "tto1
lie srops. I've scenhini bc n-Iean
right nou' or I clon'tcarc." To mc it's not very nice, but maybc she's ok with it. Rodney
is always
Clrris says"I do what I \r,ant."Prettyr cgularly. Other inspectorssay I have to ask Clu-isI'r,e had somepeoplervantto talk to rvho is aboveChris becausethey rvantto talk them'
aboul Cluis. Citizensand someinspectorswiil ask this. Ife's now AssistantBuilding
Official, he docsn't like it when you call him supervisor.Somellave said "he thinks he's
too r n u chn ow."
Permit Techniciansfeil like the lowcst of the department.Sometimeswe camot find the
Plans Examinersand rve don't have any answersto give the customers. We told Aimee
aboutthis. We askedhorv come if Carrie is assignedto it, that Michelle can't look at it?
Aimee saysthat they rnay not have the information sincethey are not working on it.
Rodneyis alwayswilling to help. Glendawill try to help. Building Inspectorsand Ifealth
Inspectorsare never really there to answer questions.It can be frustrating when I'rn not
able to get tlie customerthe help that they need.
Sandyand Nikole saidthcy can never find an Engineer. They call and call, br-rtnot able
to find one. Wc let the cltstomerknow that they are workiug on it.
and then he
Whcn I would ask Chris, he would tell rne to tell them it would be 5 minr"rtes
would cometalk to thcm.
Cl-rrishas saicl"don't takc i-rerseriousbecauseshe doesn't knou, rvhat she's doing and she
\\'on't be here1oolong.

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CompiianceSpecialist,Mark Stcphens.Ilumari Rcsourcesstalf r-ner-nbers
wiro are in a nced to kuow posifiorlabreastof tlie statusof the investigation'
by the
Irederal13q,prohibits retaliation againstany employeeby another employee or
in any
any-manner
Cortrpanyfoi rcporting,filing, testifying,assistingor participatingin
oI State
investigation,ptoccedilg or licaripg conductedby the Cornpany or a federal
any
a
supervisor'
enforcemcnt agcncy. Employees should reporl any retaliation to
r-r1in2oer
in his,4rcrcharnof command,or roihe Director of Ilurnan Resourcesor to the
I{uman Resoulces Compliance Specialist. Any complaint u'ill be imn-rcdiateil"
objcctively, and thorougiily investigated.If a reporl of rctaliation is substantiated'
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Name: l}riiy I-oiselle

Title: I'l ans]lxar-nin cr Sr.rpen'isor
sion: Build ins Inspcctions
Departrncnt/Divi
Phoneextension:8536
Date of Intcn'ieu': Julv 12. 2-016
and carri Bvrd
I.lamcof pcrson(s)conductinginlen,ieu,:N4arkStephe.ns

ame to my officeOn or a b o u tJuly 1,2CI6,Iate in the aflernoon,

. I'm now her supervisor-I was promoted to
We've beencou,orkersfr
talking about code
supervisora iiftle over a year ago. SheTaid she was dou'n the hall
me>as the-Insp-cctions
items with Ciuis Lanzr. Chris used to be on the sar-nelevel as
irusband' I believe he
Superuisor(prior to that he was an Inspector and reported to my
got prorno^ledto Assistan't
was less open about his behavior then.) About u *ottttt ago, he
Building Official who
Building Official. Chris and l both repo,t to Rodney Patlersou,
Ser-viceswiro then reports
reports to ]r4unalMauladad, Deputy Director of DeveloPrnent
me that afler they got
to Aimee Bissetl,Dilector of DevclopmentServices.Jtold
a long time' you want to
done discussingthe code items, Chris saidto her "hey it's been
rvanted1oi-tnp"ress
makc out?" Tl-rerewere other people in the room so I think Cluis
(reports to Glenda) and CarifiHag$' one of
iffi
&"rtr"ri"" fu"1ibo.,r, pew Pennit Tech
o{ficc when this
the new inspeclors(reporlsto Chris) were aiso piesent in Chris'
Ile said "we can shut the
irappened-Shc sai<lsiresaid "no, I don't think So,uot today-"
are trvo chairs in there' but
door and ail tnakc-out." Chris u'as sitting at his clesk' There
said rvhate'cr as the)'
I,r-nnot sure wirere e\/eryoneelservas siting or standing D
i couldir't bclicve he did that and asked
all wcre leaving Chris' office. I toldQthat
"Chr-is' I
her hcad into Cl'rris' o{fice and said
a;m""fit--d
u,jrat Air..cc sai<i.fSsaia
office'
Airnee rradoverircardit fro'r outside of iris
lhink tirat,s a riule ffi.np.iate.',
becauseher desk is outside
clujs spe:rksioudly. Nikolc chew Jonescould have heard it
clnis's office' I do not
of cluis,s olhce. Aimce and ]rrl'-:lalsharean office acrossfrom
tnade soIrICcotnntentabout "Aintce tvasn't
belicve lhat Munal l-reardthc conment. Chu-iS
suirposed to hear that."
Preveution ar-rdit brouglrt 1o m1'
Last Weduesday, i rvent to an i{lt class on I{arassrnenl
ro be addressed' Clrris'
attenlion that u4tat I have been told is something lhat needs
as nornlal- Based on tiris class' it
beha'ior jras bcen su,e't under t5e rug
1-hela'*'s
"r.d "or.s-ideredpar-t oitire cLassald;r'l--rolt1tiecds io be addicsseC based on tlle sexuaLl-iarassr::cnt
lhat :ue in place 10 proteci people from these thingslil\,cslr
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si'ieu'as ok' I askcd i1'tllis'haplletrcd
A1first'
t(li.-again'
talkcd
I
r,r,eek
1-frispast
before that he makcs inapproprtate
lot and she said irot a lot but it has hairpei-red
inciclents'I instructed
not give ine sllecifics of rhe plevious
contrlle:rts-|I;ldid

|[tocallMalkStcplrensar-rdgavelrertn"policy'n^''.1,::^.::#i]i,::"il"'fr:L
s"u"d of retaliation'
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ass iooks
as "you'\'e beenlosi'g u'eight'Jour
such
onbodyparts
commc.ls
makes
cluis
in the
going on for ycars' Cirris hasbeen
good."This kind of behaviorhas been
I
4 or 5

for probablv7 yearsH"''.rlJtn"'l-+

depaflment

l'ears'
for thepast
rvas
ll::lt
IfaDsen
ue,a1inspectorand Kurt

uscd-to
think hc,s kepl it pretly quiet becausehe
sincc
ilrat bchavior' It's beendiffereul'
our supeivisor- Kurl would not Jravet"Lt""a
to Rodnel' about itanyonehas ever.saidanlahLng
belie'e
clon't
I
o'crtaken
iras
Aimee
u'-'dsuyshe can do-u'hatcver ire
acts.
Cft'i'
noa""y'
of
in
frorlt
it
li\e
Not sr:reif he's done
to MunalIlc has saidtlra1'l'rtt1not necessarilY
hc's not going to get !;;;
u,arts anclsa1,s
lirat shc and
told me shehas goneto the office
Munal has confided in things to me. She
Cluis and Ainree
u,.a the office dool tto' locked'
afternoon
the
i'
somelirne
share
Aimee
door does not get
Munat told Aimee fiat the
-"
rverein the olllce u,lth tire door lockea.
locked ar-rdit hasn't happencdagain'
'fhey go to
go to lunch.togetirermost days'
They
often.
qulte
office
cLu-is,
only "
Aimee is in
ath"euia'Grcenis really tire
i-ageach.oth",
seeral
happy hour together and
doesn't
"rie]""Uook'
She has mentionedtirat it
tftem'
o.ur^*lift
t
happy
go
to
to
one who's invited
downstairs wilh trvo
Ut" piu"' E'xaminersa-r-e
off,""',
o*n
their
has
group
Cluis'
that
fair
a:rd the Plans
tireir office most of the day
to an office. The inspectorsare not tn^C;t;
of the da1''
Itu' u" olfice *9 ]t 11tnet1.1ost
day.
all
office
their
in
are
Examiners
at City I{ail
qtt;t" a bit- Mostly meetings
n"'
meeti'gr';;;
to
Cluis
Aimee rendsto take

ingsat Georie;'f i';{1 J::ll,f;[1';ff

typeof meet
;tu
?r:"iEJX"Ll'XTt
wrt
words
"
few
a
say
to
up
go
to
-d,ho,
Airnee tried to get Chris
he wasn't going to do that'

so close' chris is kno\\rll in

job becausechris and Airnee are
hcr
for
scarcd
of
Ifcels
as tire office wirore bccause
coined
;;;;t;n
Ile's
rhc dcpafl'renr as Mr. Single.
Thesc days his
with won.en in our officeteen
he's
and
says,
hc
thi:rgs
acts,
thc way he
inspectorsand
Ctui' has beentraining'is
him
focus seerrsto be on Airnee. So-"o""-'uia
Someonesaid tl-relt".t"t j:-li"t'like
touchedbe
can't
they
if
as
hirn,
rhcy acr likc
as a group
job ir-rtervie\^/s
noticedwhen rve do
(Dusti'r Ti'rbs o,-rJnyo't liartlcy.) I'r'e
she's prett)/
says lets hlre rrer lust because
I{e
*,orr,r"..
hiring
prefer
to
the lcatnthat chris sec's
quaiifieclor rvork taie.ll\\'itir
c\/enthough shc nlay ""if"tft'" best
and ,oade-Lrp,
abouthis behavior'
No one clsc I'rassaicianytiril'igto lne
going to
got word in tl'reoffic.ett''af-tllf^*'crc
2016,rve
\4arch
or
Irebruary
in
It u'as
Son-retinre
was an org chart going arou'rd'
official
)-rhere
rabo
hirc an AssrstanlBuilding
asking if tllat
an email to Air'fe and Munal
i."t"
officer'-re
around
ki'd o1-irushiush
10' 20 i 6 I sent
otl
rryasq"-^l{i:l
I
felt
I
because
*'vcuid
for
appl),
Yl:l'
rvas somcrl]ingI could
anCAit't]:" said v"e
5'7A1'5
April
too"X
on
,qi*t"
lrcl-,
,.lie e;iiail. I iccei'eC '-','ciC
it u'ould be a lateral *ro'e
d sitc told
aT
tr-tet
wc
,1a1's.
of
couple
're
lalk norc irr thc .ext
u'ouldn't be
o\/er th; Inspectots and it
a'rd I u,ould bc o'eL lire I's'cct'on' Supt*i'o'
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f:-omwhat I rvasdoing ttou'- I didn't

sopethingI u,ouldbe intcrestedin because'different
I u'as looking for- i
knorv il rvouldbc ovcr the Inspectorsand rvasn'treally somcti-ring
thoughtit u,asmore in line u,ith assistingthe Building Official rnostly- I told her if it u'as
a lalcralmovc and ol,er Inspcctorsonly, then I wouldn't be interestedin it- I rvas initialll'
told rhey u,ouldput it out for ilterviervsand give othersa chance. That didn't i.rappen
and then Cluis u'asjust put into the position- It seemslikc tlie position was iessenedto
mcet his qualifications.Munal said that slie had put more tliings on thejob descriptiorl
and scratciredthern out. I think we need an Assistarlt
for qualifications,but Ai-mcerarcrl1
j
Building Official, but do not think he is quite there. The 6 ceflifications listed on the ob
descriptionwirich is cxactly what Chris I'rasand 8 years of expcriencewhich Chris has 9
years. P1alsExarlincr IIi requires7 ceflificationstvith 6 yearsof experienceald is
belorvthe AIIO. Plals llxamiler Supcrvisorrequircs7 certificationsrvith 8 ycars of
cxpcriencc
Clrris cunently <ioesn'tdo anylhiirg different now as AllO. I-Iehas not hired the 2
inspectionsSipei-visorsthat 'will takc cver what he used to do, but they v,'ill bc 'rvuiliitig
supcn,isorsand go out into the field. Therc are currently 11 inspectors(4 or 5 were
the
addcdthis year since Chris hasbeenthe supen,isorand Aimee has beendircctor) on
\ /ere
Tllerc
eachorg chart so they decidedto divide ti-regroup a;rdhave superrrisorsover
given the
otherinspectorsu'ho were morc qualihed for thc ABO position,but no one was
not get
do
areas
other
Chris *u, gi,r"r-,4 or 5 more Inspectorsu'hcn
opportuiiity to apply.
a
uaiiticr-rutttutt f hu"" only gotten 1 new stalf member after working overtime for over
year now. This rlakes me bclieve theie is favoritism of Cluis by Aimee'

Thank you for your time today and the information you provided lfuman Resources'
piease remember that the inforn'rationyou provided and discussionsthat took place is
not
considered conlldential. To ensure the integrity of the inyestigation, you should
cmplo1'ee
disclose any ilformation provided or discussedi1 the intervieu'to any other
the
outsideof lluman Resources,including your manager,without prior permission frorn
Dircctor of l-lurnan Rcsources, Carla Romine-i-i-aggrnark, or l{unian Resourccs
those
ComplianceSpecialist,Mark Stcplteps.Lluman Resourcesstaff memberswili keep
who are in a need1oknorv itosition abreastof the statusof the investigation'
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Federal iarv prohibits rctaliatiol against a1y employee by anolher ernployee or
filing, testifyilg, assistingor participating in any-Inallnet'in au;'
Company foi reportir-rg,
or stale
invcstigation, proceeding or-|earing conductcd by the Corrpany or a federal
arly
enlbrccmellt agcncy- Iiinployees should report any retaliation to a supervisot'
to 1he
rnarragcri. his/irc,lchai' of coirnrand, or to the Director of l{un-ranRcsourcesor
Iluman Itcsources Cornplialce Specialist. Any complaint wili be imn'iediatcly'
objectivcly, a'd tho'ouglily iirvestigated-lf a report of retaiiation is substantiated,
up to a1d irlciudir-rgdischarge,rviil be takcn' ,
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Dateof Intervie'rr':
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Name of person(s)conductinginler-view:Mark Stephensand Carri Byrd

At the startof CarrieJones'secondrveek,Monday, July 180'or 25th, I was in Carrie's

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,.y oifice in tire basementin the office u,ith Miclielle Brown next to Carl's office. Michelie
lilcrcj+-thcdeer+r.aya1*tr Cilis came in and stood at the door. I{e could only see
|,..dy5-*as
frorn the rvaist up what Can'ie rvas wearing. He said what arc y'all doing down here.
Y'all need to get to r"'ork. I said rve neededfc'r Carrie to go out with one of your
n /rI
\\w.L iirspectorsto get a feel for the rvork. Usually, people come ltom tire front deskA)ermit
.a<,-l
Tech. Sinceshe camein new, I had her sit at the front desk.Then I rvas going 1o sendher
LLTA
out with an inspector. Ife goes well I can take her. I said no you don't do inspections. I
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don't think tirat's a good idea. I just rvanther to ride out with an inspector. He said u'ell

this with
she's_not
wearingtireright clothes.I told irim I knewbecause
i had discussed
L,ltl't,wt
he wasoff on Tucsday.I{e tums to Can-ie
, *n
, her. Ile saidwe coulddo it Thursdaybecause
(ftlct{
"let
and
says
your
me
c
se
shoes."
in her chair. Shehasa shorlskirt that
S}re
scoots
back
','
)( lctrn is abovc tire laree. She turns around in her chair, sticks out her leg, and sfiows hirn her

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for him to look at her shoesbecauseI had aireadytold him that she wasn't going out on

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I irave seenCirris and Aimce out u'ith our group drinking. They were very flir1y and thcy
arc also that rvay in the officc. Googly eyesand giggling with each othcr. The last big
meeting we had u'ith Carla regardinglire cornpensation,thcy weren't as much that \\/ay. I
don't knou, if thcv'd beentold to citill out or what.

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ivision:BuildinsInspections
Department/D
extension:f
PJrone
ausust 2.20f 6
Dateof Interview-f,-n.saav.
and carri Bvrd
Name of person(s)conductingintervicrv:Mark Stephens
I ha'e u,orkedfor the City fo.Upin

Loiselie"
Building Inspections'I reportto Emily
.Tnn
.*-^
{n

*ho ,"portsto-MunalMTlilTj:::j::"*:::rt:l
ro Rodneyparlerson,
u,horeporrs
and go down the stairs-'
ri
take a right
W
Fortunt. Whenyou walk into Citv I{all

My

You follow the hall and

of'fice is
oi SO-IO%of tn" day- When I have
my office ;;;;"*ug"
@-1ai;l;
sometimes go to Emily' if neededrvork related questions,I go to Janelle or Carl- I will
When I
it involves inspecti"":,::ff'
Nexr I rvould go ro llodne),- 1may go to Cluis if
I
or Arigeia. Soraetimet, qo-1o.,,
rvant to talk to someoneduri'g a break, I go to carrie
stili
or new eriploy"es. E'mily and I
Jzrnellcor Michelie. we go to lunch for birthdays
*t
out-to socializemore now thal
":::
have a really closerelationship. our group goes
t'1. l rrrl nntv
now rlit

f ;"ffi;i"";;""

a montir' but
orga'izcs sociai-houi,ut E*ttide maybeonce
to each

tvtte there and sat next

isn't as o{len. I've oniy gonc once. Chris ald Aimee
Sorne of Cluis' new:r inspectors
otirer. Thcy werc giggly and chatty with cach other.
too, but mostly he rvas hanging out
rvere tirere and he was hangilg out with tircm soine
. -^ --.1-^ rvas alone
u'ith Airnec- I sat at a separatetablewhen I
obvious
prettl'
be
wogld
It
ttmcs.
At lunch time, rve all go at diflbrent
alone' He dicin't care who rvas around
in rny office. Ilc didir't realiy targct rrie of being
rvorking in
I fjrst rnelchris rvhen I started
and he rvould still sa1,inappropri.t" dj,;.
I
Wiren he was doing inspections'
i3uildi'g Inspectionr. ll" itu, a BrrltJi,riIr-,spectordidn't seehim oftcn.
even lOrv cut' he rvas like "whOa
One tine laStsummel, I irzr4a dreSSOn and it u'asn't
to stop' I{e says stuff about rnl'
look at.1,6urbocbs, they look huge today." I 1old hini
tin-res
I was r""ari"g tl-redress- other
boobs a iot. I specifically rememberthe tirne when
]re's said things
it bothers lre becauseI'm r+ot_
WJ'rcnhe sayslhings like "Whoa look at ),our boobs,"
not
and boobs- Ile's said it probably
trJ,i:rg'tobe modest-Ilc sa;'sstulf about ,oy trrtt
e\/en n')or-)thiy'or r','eekl)'thing,.ltc office itlot'3 because cf his positlcn, I rrai'
}Jc..,.,iliai lte's ir
\\/irer-rhe u,as arouud nte, Ite rvouid sa)' something
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We rvcre sitting in the confereltce rooltt one time and he said son-retlringabout somebody'
u'as
I said Chris they're ilrarried and he said that didn't bother liim. I thought that

r id icu lo u s(
on the p)ronetirat had air acttve
In the aflentoouaround2 or 3pm, Cathy had.someone
pcrmit to opena bar- Shc calledbecauseshedidn't iravethc rrlone)/to do the u'ork that
,tr. nua permitted. She ncededto keep the other Jralfof l-rerbar open- I called E'nrily
be
becauseI u,aslookingfor a solutionto help 1hebusinesso\vner- )irnily said we sirould
there
abieto give her a CO to openthe one side while she'sworking on the other- Since
back
weren't
was an active pennit ana iart of it was to put up a fire wail. The inspectors
and he
in the office yet. So, I tofd Cathy ict's go talk to Cfx'is becausehe's been there
in
his
knorvsrvhal's going on. IJe would te 2|te to issuea CO- He had Carl Hagar
saicloh
office. We stoodto the side until they vrerefinished. Wi'renwe u'alked in, he
ail make
u,hatdo y'ail rvant? IIc said do you want to rnakeout? Closethe door' Iet's
but
awkward
felt
he
like
out? carl laughedit off iike rvhy is irc saying that. He seemed
and I told
didn't k-i.iorvwhat to say. I told Chris not today. Carl lefl the office- Cathy
I had started
taiking'
are
him about the CO issuethat we neededand heagtee. Wirile \\/e
were alone
<lrawingon his u,hite boarcifor the 4tl' of July. Cathy had left and Cluis and I
"nO'
I'm"So'"
I{e Said
in hiS office- Ife tells me "I'm loOkilg at your butt." I said,
acrossthe ha]l
Iooking at your butt." I said "whatever" and Ieft [is office' Aimee was
"oh,
you tveren't
and yelied "you're being pretly inappropriateovcr there-" I{e yelled
me'
supposedto hcar that." I clidn't expecthim to saythis, but it didn't surprise
he was
When
peopie'
l-can't really recall him cvcr saying this sort of thing towards other
The
pointing out my boobs,I told hirn to siop. His bchaviortowards me is unrvelcome'
rest of the time I just tried to ignore himTo me Aimee iras createdhis
Tirere was
Tl'reposition Chris holds norv is not a position we've had in the past 9 Yearshe's been
one before I camc,but not since I've beenthere' We get an email saYing
promoted and therewas no posting of the position'
including
tn"y seet.uto be together a iot- Tirey've tagged each other on Facebook
Athcnia. Slic icccntly got irroinotedas well.
where Rodney
At the contractorluncheon(contractors,engileers,builders) in mid-June
Cluis was one
\vas going over tlre l]rrergl' Cod., Ainree sai at tlle head of tire table and
put the phone down'
chair over fi-omher. The entiremeeting one woulcl be texting and
Then he would put
Thcn the next one would pick up theirlhone and read and respond'
his pirone down and she rvould pick t4r hcr phone
wcrc not there'
\lzjrile evcryonceLScu,ascleaningup afler the luncheon,Chris and Aimee
to give him a ride
)lodney askeclu,ircrcClrris rvasbecausehe rvas his ride- We offered
parking lot towards
and he said it u,ould bc ok. Clrris and Airr-rcecame walking up in the
acrQSs1he street '
u'ettt
they
thc buildjr'rgutswc rveie comittg out of the building- Tirey said
to look at some construction. They were gone for at least 20 niriutes'
just colne fi'om
I've secn them walking frorn our parkingiot togetheras if they had
somervhere- ]'ve Secn lhct-ir2 or 3 times siltcc Shc's beeu u'iti-i uS'
attitude
It seens that he's nore confident norv u,ith iris "I can do anfhing"
thal if you made a
I fecl like he has an in u,iti-i Aimee and she"s the direclor. I feel iike
because tircl' are so close'
complainl to Aintee about C1uis it u,ouldn't $o a11r1ar[ere
lre cOniiir-uesto sai'
Chr-is fuaSlever Shorvl re']orse about iriS bshayior iou'ards tne atid
"do
fiiter. Mulai mentioned that l-reasked l-rer
Ifc see'rs to ira'e
thcse things 10
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but i'r'e
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toiiels ilt Dubai?" I'r,e see1rCh-is show autirority tou'ards colltractors'
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jte\/er seen hjm bc inappropriate rvith clients' I{e's been at 1heerld
sonretiringlhat u'e hoped that the clicnt didn't hear"
.ttrP denarlnrenl 2s wholc is a lirtle arvkward and seetnsu:rfair at times. For exarnple, in
a
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we're being':19-n"* we have

the new building,we are being put into one spacearidnow
to use a certain spaccfor
to arrangelhings. Chris has told uSthat Aimee sayswe harre
Emily said she hasn't
storagc-I don't believeAin'reeklorvs hc's saf illg that because
iris way in- l{e said that rve
even shou,' Airnee tl-refloor plan. Ir scemsiike lic builied
can't take oul cunent fumiture '
have to use thc furniture that is already there a1d that we
We have been told that we
Yet, he'S talking about ordcring fumiture for tire inspectorshe's rvanting 1o get'
don,t ha'e a budget and he said he has a budget for rvhat

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Namc: GlendaGailliard
Title: PerrnitTechnicianSupen'isor
g Inspections
on: Bui Idir-r
Department/Divisi
Phoneextension:7786
Date of Intcrvicrv:bday,Aggust 5. 2016
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Name of person(s)conducting interview: Mark stephens
years ago'
I startcdworking in Building lnspeclionsabout 14
to Munal
M),direct supervisol is Rodney Patterson,who reports
repofls to Aimee Bissett.

Mauladad' who then

al the front counter' you take'the

When you come into City l{ali West and are looking
on the right' I mov-ed3boul ayear ago'
hallrvay to the leli and rny office is the last office
is
can sometiles hear Rodney becausehe
I previously was in the first office to the lefl' I
up
people
the
don't hear
pretty loud. SometimesI hcar and sometin'resI don't' I usually
fiont urtlesstheYare being loud'
Linda Aimes' Cathy Welborn' and
I supervisethe Pennit Technicians- Nichole Elkins,
Ir4ayelaVasquez.
if it is relatedto Residentialor
When I have a work relatedquestion,I may ask Emily
If it
review, I go to that PlansExaminer'
Comrlercial ltlan review. If it is u ,p""in. plan
the
now
is
go to b1ttit I'anzi,who
is above my pay gracie,I tzrkeit to Rodney or i may
AssistantBuilding Offi cial.
personalstulf for a quick second'
Wheir I take a break,i may go talk to iirnily to talk
SometimesI go upstairs1othe
i go up front to faft 1othe I'eirnit Technician'
Sonretin-ies
with tllem'
break rooln una if p"ople passthlough, l rnay speak
ttt office' If
may spenda
If I l-ravea lor ro ger done or meeting a deadline,I
l:' going
:f]1ll.1tt
on aud help thern
and seewhat's
no1,I may go up fi'ont 1olalk 1othc ladiesup fiont
tire
office. I will go up front to assist
out. on avcrage,I spend 85o/oofmy tirne i,, ,,.y
nceded'
permit 'fecirniciansand on occasionsI r'ay *oik the front desk, if
comestluough the.font area' Chrls
Clrris Lanziis hard i. his tone and demeanoras hc
"I do u'l-ratI u'ant to do'" chris has
can be disrespectfulat tilres. I haye i-,"urachr-iSsay
Blittany ")'ou're nOt dOing
come dourntO Ourcnd aud thlOu'n Outa colllrnenttO
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r i'a stalkin cto A thenia
\\/e wcre sitting in our supen,isornrcetingon Tuesdaythat we have u,ith Rodt'rey,in
Rodney'soffice. Chris hadn't madejt ro Jlodncy'soffice yet becausehe was getting
sontet)rjng
Ibr Aimee. Chris said ire had to get on to sorncone,I want to say Athcnia,
u4roneededto get off their phoneaud take it to Aimee. Sandysits at the desk acrossfi'orr
llodney's office and istlpically at rvork and sittingthere.
Chris and MichcJleCoughlinhad an issuebeforeshc movcd over to Eco. Dev. I had
soilconc say they had au issueat the fi'ont desk. Cliris brought it 1onte and told nle lhat
Michelie said i-rervasbeirrgdisrespectfuland tliat he felt sheu,asbeing disrcspectfularld
he wantedto ie1nte knorv. Michelle did not cometell me about,but I spoketo het ialer. I
sharedwith both of them that it was not appropriatefor thern to be speakingin that
rltannerand especially,not at tl-refront counter. Chris said sornethingalong tire lines of
"shut up and iislen."
Nikolc Chew-Jonesa1d Chris will havewords like he rviil say "you shouldbe doing your
work." And Nikole will say "don't let me come out on you."
I clon't attendtl-rcsocial hours that thc departmenthas outside of rvork. I did go to the
Cluistmaspafly, but I didn't slay for the whole time. I don't recall an1'thingout of the
norm. Therewas swearingwhich l don't carefor inor out of the ofhce.
Chris wiil say to Rodney "l'm cotning RP or I'll be there in a minute RP." To me, that ls
disrespectfulbecauseRodneyis our supervisor.i think anyone who hearsthat wouid
think he is being disrespectfulto his supervisor.
I rememberworking on an issuervith Catliy regalding a lady tryrlp* to open part of a bar-flie following day, Thursday,June 30, 2016,I communicatedwith I{ichard Feganto get
clarificationbecausehe was the inspector. I was out on 1heFriday befiorethe 4tl' of Juiyon the issue-When I returned,Cathy told me
There seemedto be some misundcrstanding
she irad to get severalpeopleinvolved. She saidthat shel-radto get Chris involved.
I've noticedthat Chris and Aimee cornmunicatea lot. CII-is is acrossthe irall from u'here
Airncc and Munal's oJficeis iocated.I seeAimee standingin Chris' ofltce door on
serreraloccasions.
I'm hopeful with the move to our new building. I'm a superuisorover the Permit
'fcchnicians. I haven't gottenclear-dircction or contnunication on how things al'egoing
1 ogo l r or r rthc custonrct'
scn,iccstar;i . 1 ro inWc
t . ' v e lra dp a rlia ld js c u s s io n sb,u t n o t lrirlg
irasbecn fiiralized. To someclegree,I fcei like I've becn out of the loop on sonle thingsClrris is loud and can be disrespectful.Ile is very awareof things that get discussed
about the movc and rvhat's going to come about.Initially, it u'as said that Chris rvas
going to assignthe u,ork locations-I ]ieardhe u'asdesignatingwho rvasgoing to go
rvhere. We u,eregiven a sheclas to u'herepeople rveregoing to go, but I do not i<norv
r vJiol l ad c thc dccisions.
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rvill r.r,or-k
it out.

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considercd confidential. To cnsurc the integrity of the investigation,you shouid not
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investigation,procecding or hearing conductedby the Company or a federal or state
cnforcement agency. Iimployees should report any relaliation to a supen'isor, any
manager in his/irer chain of command, or to the Director of i-luman Resourcesor to the
Ifuman Itesources Compliance Specialist. Any cornplaint u'ill be immediately'
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Namc: Karen l-lermatrn

Title: PianningTcchnician
Deparlment/l)ivi sion: PIanninq & I)evelopn-rent
Pho n ccxtcnsion:77!8
Aueust3.2016
Date of Intervicrv:Wednesdav.
Namc of person(s)conductingintcrview: Mark Slephensand Carri Byrd

I have worked in the departmentfor a year and 4 months. I startedin February of 201 5 My direct supervisorwas Ron Mer-iguitawhen I first started. Stuff changedand tiren it
u,as Munal Mauladad. Now my superuisoris ShandrianJarvis, DRC Administrator, who
reportsto citirerMunal or Aimee Bissett.Plior to my prolnotion in April of 2016, I was
Adrnilistrative AssistantIII for the Planning de'i:artment.I sat in the seatright next to
Sa:rdyLawson.
I'm surprisedto hear that Chris is tl'reone that has said something to Sandy. I'r'e directly
heard Nikole Chew-Jonessay stuff to Sandy like "why are you still here" or "when are
you going to retire?" She'smade Sandycry quite a few times over the past several
inonths. Sandy has her glasseson a string and Nikole says "why are you doing that, are
you that old?" She's also saidto Sandy"do you needa hearing aid?" Chris could have
iaid sometiringiike that to Sandyin a joking way. Chris has a loud voice and you can
just ignoredhim. I've never hezrd Chlis talk about Facebookor
irearhim. i usr,rally
PokemonGoor arything likc tirat.
I'r,e had issuesu'ith Nikole and I've called her out on it. Sandy is more of a timid person
and doesn't say anything clirectlyto anyone. I would just say somethingto Nikole if she
said sornethingto me.
When I worked rvitli Sandy,I cnjoyedu,orking with her. She's very productive zrnd
helped rne out a lo1- I think as a depaflncnt we would lose a lot of information if she
decidcdto ieave. When I u,atied to do a direct ciepositchange,I asked Sandy for hclll orl
what 1o do. S]1etraincd n'ieand she did a greatjob of training rne- I got it and was able
to lnove upI've heard irer sal, things about not feeling like she is valuable. I told her uot to listen to
peopleand told hcr aii tf rt-r"thingsshe'sdone and continuesto do a lot. Sire's never told
sitting tilcr-e'
il'ie u,ho lias said ilicsc iitings io iiei. I just knov.rof Nikoie bccause! r.r"r25
f'he fi-ontdesk can be veLl,busy at times. People coming in and pirone cails'
confidclltialitl'
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I rvorhu,irli ir4fzafunou, rvlto has a degreein Plalning. I'm able to learn frot-tthim. Ile
aboutthe job, I go
dogpnltspciqlizcrvith peoplewithin the City. When I havequeslior-rs
to fl.f#]lbfJlptu,1u;ng iniomation. If it's stulf likc directdeposit,I rvould go to Sandl'I go to rvSoeverj know tliat ca1 irelp nre rvith sometiring.When they've donetl-resocial
lrour every3 or 4 months,I usually go 1othen. They are doing sornethingon Saturday,
but I'm not going becauseit's hot and I don't want to get in the pool or sit outsidein the
heat.We've beento Eastsideand the DrunkenDonkel' beforc' It's nice to get out and
visit u,ith peopieoutsideofwork. Alot of peopleshowedupI go talk to Sandy,Atirenia,Mike or Julie on occasionwhen I take a breakSornctir.nes
Wc havezrreai light atmosphercin the departrnent.
The rlovc 1othc new building will be interesting.I think rny areawiil be llie same'
hereis betterlhan rvhereI camelrom at tire City of Carrollton'
My work enyironr-nent
Pcoplein the departmentu'ant to lielp you and cven heip you to move up.
I passChris in the hall. llc's a joking person. I{e jokes a 1ot.I{e likes things to be black
and rvhite. I've heardhim say "l can do what I want'"

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Pleaseremeinberthat the ilformation you provided and discussionsthat took place is
considered confidential. To ensure lhe integriry of the investigation, you should not
disclose any infonnation provided or discussedin the interview 10 any other employee
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ouGde of Human Resources,including your ma-nager,without prior permission frorn
Resources
Director of }fuman I{esources, Carla llomine-I{aggrnark, or I-Iumarr
those
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u,ho are in a leed to know positiol ableastof the statusof the investigation.
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Conpany foi reporting, filing, testif,ing, assistingor participatingi' any-maru]er
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otrjcctively, and thoroughly invcstigatcd. If a report of retaliation is substantiated,
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Name of 1rcrson(s)conductingintcruicu': MarkSigphq.IlS
and Catiry
bc1'orethe 411'
of Jul1,,iri the afteuoon, rvhilel
On -Iuly 1, the Fric1a1,
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u,erein Chris' office, I overhcardCluis say somethiugalong the lincs of
across
),ou'rejust here to seerne because1,ourvantto makc out." I rvas in rny office
rvhich is acrossfrorn Cirris' office. I leanedinto the hall and saicl"inappropriate-" I
don't knou,if any of them heardme or not., I did not hear Chris say he rvaslooking-dt
if
buft or an1,e;t1r. other things sairl. I did not hear Clrris say "oops she wasn't
supposedto hear that." After I saicithat's inappropriate,I went back to working and did
not hcar anfhing else. I may have gone o\/erto his office aftem'ardsto discussthe CO,
but did not discusszur4hinqelse.
Chris does say on a reguiarbasis,"I can do u'hatevetI u'ant." Generally,my observation
of Chris is iirat he's a littie rougli aro'.;ndihc cdgcs aird iroeCssclrrecoaching. I've
attempted to do that to llim' I't'e never heald an)/thing that u'ould rise to a sexual
irarassmcntciain. I'm onl1,in that office n-iaybe3 timcs a u'cck. I'ln only around the
office wirere I can hcar hiru a feu, hours a u,cek. Ile has a tendency to be flirty u'ith sotne
rvasthe day
of the ladics in the office. 'l-hconly thing I've evcr heardirim say tof
o1'July 1. She laughedand thcy u,ent orl to talk business.lt seernedlikc a mutltai, joking
are not guardedare u'itir
relationshiprvitli them- It seemslike the tirings that hc sa1,51itut
peoltle u,ho ite is friclds with and i'iasthat kipd of relationshill.
In regaiclsto Sandy,I have r.Ieverhcard hin-rsay anything directly to Sandy- I've heard
I i i rn jo kin g i;,saytitatsire'sirl1canl,ingh e ru , e ig h t a n d s h o u ld rc t irc -I f e ' s s a id . t l-ra t h e ' s
said rl-rosethings to her. I got the impressionas it was porlral'ed to lxe that it \\'as a
mutual joke betweenthe trvo of thenr.
happcrtitigotr Jtll1'/gtlt- I rcmctllbel'
t.\oboci)'crnrc to nle about\\/llat)/oujust cicsci'lbed
a s k i ng Ch jsfor sonrcthilgaurlasl<ing rh a rh c . h a v c s a n c ly o rA t h c riia b rin g s o lllc t llin g
Atirenia was bringirlg it overovcr-. Ililher Chris or Athenia thcn lold r-r-re
Sandl'hes blought up a var-ict)'of things r','i1ltt-tlc,bttt llevci a b o u tClu is . S h c h a s b r. o u g lr t
up lnrstration about Nikole, thought nothing abolrt her age- Sire fcels like Nikoie gets
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awa1,1a,i1l1
i(atia lcft, that Itatia u,asbeiug abusiveto her. Sireand I havetaiked caldidiy, in
general,aboutirerjob and her beingurilizedto her fullpotential-Wc discussedrvhat she
just did her
u,asc.omfoflablcrvith doing and what sheu,asnot comfoflabledoing- I
agc'
perfonlancerevieu,rvil]r irer reccntll',but nothilg cameup rejatedto
drawn 1o
As it reiafesto cmltloyce'sfearingChris,it surprisesme becausepeoplc sceu
I haven't
'f
liim. irey seemto .6,o" looking for interactionwith hint and teaservith hirn'
sering
be
seenu,herean),oneseenredto appcarafraid- It seemsuniikely, but I may oniy
u,he' peopleu,ant10conle talk to irim andjoko and not the otl-ierside of them being
fearirl of his beltavioron some of the front counter staff. I've heard I'rim cuss bcforc,
Chris ca:rbc a little tor-rgi-t
could
but hc's usuallygood aboutnot doing that in a public setlingor rvhcrc ?t-t1rsLt
Chris based
ovcrhear. It troublcsme that Sanclyu,oulclnot want to cometalk to rne about
very
open to
beeu
has
oll nty relationsitipor perceivedreiationshiprvith Chris' Sandy
cornfortable
talk to me about u,ork related-stuff. I would irave thor-rghtshe u'ould be
comingto talk to me.

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that took place is
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considere<lconficlential.To ensure the integrity of the investigation'
any other employee
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frorn the
inoluding youl manager,rvtthoutprior perrnission
outsideof ifuman Reso,-trces,
or Ifuman I{esources
Director of Huma:r ltesources, C*iu ll-ol1i1e-Haggmark,
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employee or by tl:'e
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in any nlan]]er in arry
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or a federal or state
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enforcemcnt agency. Blpioyees should repofl any retaliation to
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N ame of p erson ( s) con clucti ng i ntetl i eu': Mglk--.S-lqphenS-a1d
comlncntsycrujust described'
On Juiy I , I recall sayilg solretl.tingalong the lincs of tire
We have
cacS other outside of ',vork and hayc irad a friendship'
i have lcnor,,.1
frand
feel
didn't
I
joke
alound.and
of wort- Wc
or.rtside
drank logethera1d irlng out togetl-rer
coinfortable joking around
like the joking u,as,1nt*l"o-e. We alc frienclsand I feel
outside of tire'office''
.'"i*rftift*
Arh,--nia,ancli irave beeirfi'ieirds arid hang out
I sai<1seriously and to this
I'm shockedbecauseI never thought she woulci take an1'thing
or that I needed
level. I clon't recall iter ever telling ine that anything u'as inappropriate
I never thought that sl-re
to srop- I would be more than liapp1'to offer irer arrapologyher concems had she
rvould have laken zrnylhingI said serior.rsly-I rvould hut'" uddt"ssed
situationtold ne or Rodnel', or N4unalthat she u'as upset about the
if gi"'cn the oppoilunity in persou or iu
I wouid offer nty sincereapologiesto ifi
nclsthat she wouid not irave takcn ny
uniting. I tlouglit \\/c \\,ere
",.o,rg
"1or"
j.king mallicl" if i irad ineali anvihing'
cornrnentsin tire u,loltg ra'ay. i lneant iit"r' ln a
my Director or
that in front of otl-rerstaff rnernbersor rvhere
I would not irave cloi-re
is extreurell'fpsy ard under a
Assisla't l)jrcctor coulciha'e heald 1ital.Our depaflment
l otofsttcss-W etrl'tokeellaloosecnviL o t n re n t t o c a s e t h e s t re s s t h a t u ' e d e a irv it h I
other statetlentsyou just describedthat
oll Jul1'2-011'and
1othe <;orltntcrlts
In t"egai-cls
fricndly
close'
I clon't irave a
macic1o Sandy,I doir't recall n-rakilgsolllo of thosethings'
tol<Ime once that shc was
relationshipra,ilfi Sandy. I don't J<Iorvher that u'eii- She
"at'etl't 1'ouretirirlg )'et'" I't r'r'as
in Fcb ?,Q15.i <1idsay to I'rcron a fcu' occasioirs
r-er,iring
tit'es in the last )'ear' I said
not constantor a regular thirrg. I r-uayliavc said it one to two
t etiring' fhat's the onil'
it in a j oking .,u,r1".1to hcr bascd on hcr telling me sfie rvas
it was
if I t)'rougl'rt
reasol i madc lhat cor'r-'c't. I u,oulcl'ot havc said tI-ratstatenent
inappropriateor hurtful.
Adrrrins r:p front lrar'e
i thilr]<tlrat Sand1,and Atirelriau,ork u,e1llogetlrer. I }lnou,t}rosc
t":l;

i^'i:o don'i' Seciii ic get aiCi'ii3

iracl iSsues. You'r,c i3ot i.1ikoic-.,Satidl', aiid itther'ia
rrorning (rve
calllc itito tn;'office at 7'00 in 1l-rc
u,eil, I can rccalj scverai times thal Sand1'7
she's said to Sandy and
into the office at 7:Ooam) atortNi]<ole ar-r<lthings
both cor-r'rc
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askiitghc,rlo do lhings. Therehavebeensoilc comtltentsaboutsar-idy's duties and
doingthingsthat sire'sur-tcomfoflable
it
I really don't krou,rvhal u,ouJclmake Sandyfcel shecouldn't bring 1lrisup aircldiscuss
or Ijuman
u,ithin our dcitartmcntinsteadof sendiirga ietterto the Citl' 14ut-,uger
Kesourccs.
\\/irenAimee took over our departmcuta yearand a half ago. Airnee offices acrossille
hall fiorn ne. \\iE have a rvorkingrelationshipand \\/eare aiso friends outsideof work\l/c'vc had dinner,goitc to happyhour togelher,etc. She'sacross1hehali froin rne arid
u,elall<a 1ot. Shervi11cone into trl1,office and have her motning coffee'
a
l u,ouldthink that rcgardicssof our friendshipoutsideof u'ork, if someonehad
of
regardiess
corlplaint tliat they tlok it Aimee, sheu'ould handleit the rval' sheu'ould
ra'hoit rvasthat the complaintwas madeagainstin 1I-re
I considerm),selfa decent,rcspectfitl,and fi:n peison. I tr1'1s keep things iiglrt
in thc
office becauseof the stressfuinatureof our jobs. I didl't thilk I had a1y enemies
by tiresecomplaints. I couldn't talk to an)/oneaboui this and
officc. I feel a'rlackecl
\tr/henRodney
pcople have bcen blou,ilg up my pliole rvhenI was out (Inspectors.)
then it siowed
cxpiaineclin an email to my staff that I would be
lowtt
1ut,
a commen'I
I've never becn sat dorl,tt and said my bel-ravioris inappropriate' Airnee made
thought it
tirat "that's a iittle orrerthe top over there" but she laughed afler she said it' I
husband'I
her
and
wasrl,t a big deal.Aimee and her husbandhavebeen out u,ithabout
thought wc wcre all fricn{s. Rodney irasneversat rne dou'n and said an)4fiino
whal I'r,e saidrvasinappropriate.
rvhat rve
Peopiejoke arould eve' clayovcr in our clepart'rent. \\/e are professional at
ciassesor
do. \tr/enecd to have a professionalconduct. I don'tl<lrou'if thcrc arc training
rvi]at
ancj
somcriting. uie ltrobabiy neeci10 go to those to understanciu'ilat is appropriate
is not.
to a l6 year
I fcel it's convenientthal theseLrvocorlplaints are corning at the sanlc tiile
enlploycc rn'ltohasn't ira<ian)'thingof this naturein my filc'
$'h)'
Iiodney and I don'thave arclationshipoutsideof rvolk and l don'tuudcrstaud
sorreonervouldn'tbrilg this ull to hiil-t
;
I have
l have u,orkedfor tire City for 16 years. No prior policlr violations of tiris tlature'
arrdiiavl been on tlre Policl, lier,ierv Cotntlritteeand
bcen pt.onotcd twice irr tlrc last 1,921.
Cornrnittecfot the Citl'- I liave beeu on our l)epaflment Event
Iimergencl,Respot-tse
Comr.nitreeand our DeparlmentBuildir-rgRelocationcommittee' I Saton tile
the
Corurnitt"e appointedby Gcorge Campbell' i have served ou
llnvil'orurcnral A1t1;eals
C i ty's ilO C .

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l{uman RcsourcesThank ),ou for your titlc today and the ilfornratiol you proyided
that took pJaceis
Plcasercmcmbcr-that the ilformation you provided a1d discussiols
sirould not
copsidercdconfideltial. l-o ellsure the integrity of the ilr,estigation, )'ou
in the intetvicr'r'10 ally otlter employee
provided or cliscussed
discloseany ir-rformation
fi-ou 1hc
Resouries,including your lllanagcr,rvithoutprior permissiou
outsicleo1'Ilur-nan
s
Itcsource
or l{umarr
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ifuman Rcsourcesstalf membels wili keep tl'rose
Specialist,Mark Steythens.
Con-rpliance
u,ho are in a necdto knotrTrositionabreastof the statusof tl-reinvestigation'
employee or by the
FccleralIarv prohibits retaliation againstany employeeby another
in ally-nanller in any
Companl,for reporling,filirig.,testif),i1g,,tiitting or participating
or a federal or state
inueitigafion, pio.""dlng or-hearing conductedby the Compan)/
to a supcrvisor, ally
en{brcement agencl,- Iii|ployees sSouicl report any retaliatio'
Resortrcesor to the
managerin his/hertnuin of command,or to ihe Director of J-l'rnan
ivill be irnmediately'
If uman Resourccs Compliance Specialist. Any complaint
is substantiated'
objectir,ely, and tlrororrglrll,invcsligated. if a report of retaliation
be taken'
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N ame of person(s) conducti mgi nterui eu': lraarL-$1gplf9!S--an

& Developmentfor 8 yearson Sept' 2'

I have u,orkedin PJaruring
My dircct supervisoris Air-neeBissctl.
rigirt and up tile first
into the trtain floor at Citl' I-Iall West' you go 1othe
When you
"r'alk
Ir4y olfice is the only office'
and secondflight of stairs or: floot L. above the rnain floor'
on thc riglit haird sicleonceyou get up the stairs'
prirnary at the fi-ont
of ny time on thc main floor. Sandy is the
I spend nraybe 2OYo
available, then I sit at the fi'ont
counter anclNikole is the back-up. If one of thern are not
at the Planlrir-rgdepzrrtmentfiont desk'
llig h tno r v,i s upcrviscsandl'aiiilNil" o le a n d r' ; e h a " ' c o n e rra c a n t p o * ' it io n t h a toll
rv e f il l e ' d
fot questiol-]s
to
nre
corne
they
but
Tcchs,
Pcnlit
1hc
yesterdal,. I don't supervise
supen'isorGlcnda is out' I
occasionbccauseI used to rvork in thaifosition and iitheir
can answercluestiotrs.
i cion,t rccall anl,thingziboutKatliy andUu,orking

u'ith an o\\Tlcrof a bar-

to meet' The::cwcre some

Somctirnc in mid-Jul1',Cluis u'as Soing to Rodncy's office
that Aimce
u'as c-'otrfider-rtial
documenls r-el.ted1o the co,'-,pstlrdy orl sor'etiting tliat
to takc tbe papcrwork to
rleecred.chrrs c^'e 1otrrcfio't desk:lnd saiclAimee nec.clecr.re
snatchcciup the papcrwork as
City llall Sand.,rvassilting titere at tl.refi'ont clcsk. Ciuis
to get off of m1' photre
told r-r're
l itasscdhj'r 15ciiallu,iiy. I u,astexl.ingAimee and Cirris
that tilis u'as
ar9.ur11,
rne to take the pui"r-ork a16 to stop messine
and he rcall1,neeciecl
joliing, but with Cl-rris)/ou nc\/er
important and nccdedcionerigirt then- I believe he was
that' l told hirn ire didn't
k'ou, iI'he's joking or not. I lold hi.r not lo talk lo .rc iike
staff' Cll'is said I thought u'e
irccd to lall<to n-iethal u,a),in liont of olher customers-and
t ir e
u,cr r ,- {iic'clsancjthatu,ecouldjoke a ro u n dI t-o ld h irn rv e a rc , b u t s o t n c t il-t le s u ' ilaoi'llcrs
aild
to
speaks
lic
iro-w
i;ccplc
of
j5
mindfui
be
to
sal,s ovr:rrltc rop anciire nceds
"hat
nrd), 1161l<lorv tvitett hc's kiddillg
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pet (1heDirector's llet') I-{ehas

Clris actslikc 5e trurnpscveryopcand is the leacirer-'s
to rne that i-recan clou,irathe uiants. Beforetrrl'llt.otnoiiouweni
madecolr-rlncnts
through,hc's uradecolttntentslike "if I u'autthat donc,lhenI'll just ask Aitrlec-'"
tlrat lre"s
It could be,just coir-rcider-ita]
Airrrecan<]C]rrjshavc a prettll tiglrt relatiorrslrip.
ask for pay raisesand promotionsbeenpromotcciand continues^to

'lrvo1ort1r..ri,rr"#ff,g"K

I knorvthatu'hen
o,r,]." andChrisgoto lunchtogcther'-

urhat rvas
llrian and Nikole *,erHit tf iat, peoplc would make cominentsand u'onder
"
made
going on. Airnee and chris go to happ),hour togetherand even tire Inspectorshave
just
and
ull
to
suck
hour u,ith therirsometimes,but not
aboutit. I go to )rapp1,
comn.ients
that u'e
bccauseI gct along u,ith tilem. \\lc talk about kid stufl items from conttnitlces
but I
v,,orkon, the new building,etc. i could seewhereit would be seenas favoritism,
don't rcalll' seeit that wa)'. Tirey rvork togetherand get along'
It's plclty mucfi a
Chris docsmakc cornrnentsiike sorneoneis too old to have Facebook'
Chris and
running-ioke.l'\'e hear'ihim sa1'tl-ratin front of Sandyon severaioccasions'
him that she's going
Sandyboth get thereat 7ar-1in the r-noruingald made cotnmcntsto
Sandy' Nikole'
to retire in lreb,thougli Slte's net,ertold rne that. I{e's saidthat to nryself,
are
probably sone of his lnspectors.If I colne in early,he'll say to me"'why
Brit1an1,,
you heie?' like it's his tirne to micromanageand I shouidn'tbe there.
me that made my
Wlien I was going through lry promotion,Chris said somethings to
exceptif there are people
blood boii. l'rn usedto Jrim and tire lhings he saysrvhich is fine
people because
at the front. i tell him tirat he shouid lot act that rvay in front of other
counler and fi-om his
they may .ot knou,he's kidding. I{e's said cussrvorclsat t}refi'ont
office, rvhich his voice is ioud and caries down the hall'
and say sometl-iing
Sa'd1, can get oficnclcd by olcl comlnetlts,but she will tum to tne
alroutbeitrg disabled
aboul me being yoLrngand u,ill lcam. She has said things to Nikoie
When we've haclthings come up before' she
rigirt norv- She ciisheiit out sometir-nes.
I just try to filter
u,ill say rvhal someoneelseirassaid,but not tlie things tirat sirehas said'
m),se1fa.round|er because)/ou don't krou, if she'll bring it 1p later'
a sctiousneeting about
I knov,rNikolc and Sanclyjokc aboutcornn'iettts.Then if rve have
slredoesn'tu'ant
i1,then Sandl,u,ill bring iiup. Ainrecitasmadc the comtnentslhat
u'ill bring
rvorking thc nighf ttreetingsbecauscshe can't drivc at night' Sandy
Sar-rdy
u,astlrere.
Brialr
u,l]cn
thirrgsu1litl our nlectitrgsal,irrgcotrlnrentsthatNikole said back
Ch ris a n d l '
I,r ,e h a d a nu'rbcrof Clujs'Inspcctors c o rlle lo n re a n c la s k wh a t ' s g o iirg o n '
atld wc are prettl'
are bot]-rorangesand out-goiug. We get pttt orr the social committees
gets
hirn in trouble and
thc docrs ar-rdget tiiings done. i rhint<Ci]ris' mouth is rvl-rat
'ruchrvell knorvn aroundtire Luilcling. I{is luspectorssay they hopc he irasn't said
it is
10 ge1hin-rselfilllo trouble.
ar-rylhing
makcs comlnellis
l-ie's usuaiiy in rire ciottterviih rire ilspeciots Or Onihe tlain fioor' i-]c
quiet fror-nu'ltat J'r'c
ro all of thc people r'rpfi-ont'l'le lcavesMalre]2 alone becauseslte's
"If 1'egdorl't stop
expericnccd- ile ]-iasuradeconluteutsto Nichole lllkins, suc)tas,

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do that' but
I{e doesn'thavethe authorityto
nressirtgr.rpCOs, I'm goll-rg1o fire yoll."
rvith Ainree'
pcrceivedrelationsi-lip
peoplctlal'not kitou' that becauseof nit
'lhey bothjoke back and forth to each othet' Tirey
Chris has saicl1hen-u,ordto Nikolet1-}?colnc to nre and tell rlre it
have donelhis jn ilont o1-someof the i,-rtp"",ott?t9 joking or uo1' l'call him out on text
if he's
tnakesthcm uncornforlable'Thel' tlo'-"tirtorv
I cali
or changJhisbeiravior' Wilen
stop
lressageor sometiring,but he doesu'l^tcally
hi r no u t,h cjr-rstsal'sion-reilirngil'<e if rv e c a n ' t jo k e a rohc
u : rd
' t h eto
n rvdo'
edon'tneedtotalk'
rvants
u"d does what
I'r,e *,orkcciu'ith ni- to' 8 1'"Ls and he 'oy'
of his
their butt as tircy are rvalking out
I'le's saiclthlngs about''3r'ittanl'or En-iil1'zind
like she's
*ltn hirn sornc' I-ately' it seems
officc. 13riffanl,goesi, there andiu"t.,
'l-hoseare gcnerally the Qomments
kept it pror"trional.
distancedherself from him ar-rci
fat'
anclrnaybc telling souieonethel' 31" getling
that ire's beeu
held most of thc time' No'uv
1he
in
out
was
he
htspector,
an
u,as
when hc
u'hateverhe-wants' Chris
uro,.tn,lthe buiiding;"ilg rogue anddoing
runs
he
go directiy
Promoted,
Rodn"eyand lr4unal and
a'ci Aimec ha'e a ciose rciationship. cr"iJ*i'tru'rp
to Airnee.
and I r,r'etefrierids
becauseI
ofrvork
outside
other
each
knerv
I
and
Chris
here- I{is familY
her before I startedr,r'orking
in midcileschool- I nret people through
knows mY familY and stuff.
ovicled I{uma'Resources'
Th;@

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remember
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gation,
voushouid
;a rrrcin'esti

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disclose and infomration provicled

:":,1;:J:TT:h:l1i:'"t:"ffi;"

eraployee
the inten'ieur.lo any ::hcr
frorn the
manager, i'"'ithout prior pe-rn-rission
inciuding
)/our
Resources,
I-lurnan
outside of
Resources
itomine-Ilaggtnark' or Ifuman
R"so,.tr""s, C;i"
those
Director of u.,nr'
keep
rvill
I-Iurna' Resou'"Js staff mernbers
Stephens.
\4ark
Specialist,
Coinplia'cc
of tlie slatusof the investigation'
who are in a need to knou'position abl'east
the
by another employce or b)'
emplol'ee
any
against
rctaliation
Federal iarv prohibits
an)I lnalurcr rlr any
o"i'ti'-tg or parlicipatitrg irl
testi-fyi.g,
tttirrg,
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N ame of pcrson(s) conclucti ng i nten'i erv: Merk Slgplfgls_atfd-qatti-!-yld
sincelr4arctrof 2015' Ir{y
I have rvorkedin 1heplanning & Dcvelopment,department
Chris Lanzt' Limily l-oiselle'
direct supervisoris RoclncyPatlerson,but I also c1bu'ork for
GicnclaGailiaird, and Ainlee Bissettis aboveRodney'
the fi'ont coturter' There are
If 1,s,tconte in the front door, I u''asslationedto the right of
there ale two peopie on
two seatsat the front counter. On each side of the front coutlter,
the lefl side of tire front
the right side and two peoplc on the left sicle. Sandy sat on
(if you are facing the counter as
counter and I sat on the right side of the front counter
counter outside of Glcnda
you walk in.) Nou, I am in the hallu,ay to the left of the front
the other hallwa;'to the rigl-rt'
and l3rni11,'soI'fice. I moved there in t Auy of 2016. Doum
Aimee ancllr4unal'sofl.tcein the
is Ilric Van Pelt from the Fire Inspectionidivision,lhen
far right corner.
areir' Chris frequently u'ould go
irrequentllr,cttstol]lct-sand einplol'eescome tluough the
this wouici occur'
clowitto talk to ltod'ey i' his tffi"". Sevcraltimes a day
go to Rodney Patterson,Chr-is
\\/hen I rvanted to ask a rvork related question, I would
Gailiaird'
.llnzi,or the PIansllxzrmincrs,Iimily I-oiselle,or Glenda
go downstairsand talk to the
SornetimesI u,ould talk ro the otirerPenlit Techs. I wouid
Clrris
Carrie, Michelle' Call, Joe, etc' I haven't scen
i)lans Exanincrs - Aurber, J.'rnelle,
I
often'
pretty
dcsk
o1ien. lle usesthe phone a lot. I rvorild stay at my
clou,,'the.c
'ct'y
irly clcsk' I u'as awa)/
rvor-rlcl
try to call pcoplc on the phorleralhcr tl1aubc a\vay lronr
mi-i;,bc1'0-150 o1 the time lrom my clesk'
to people or go taik to
\\ihen I wanted to take a btcak, I u'ould go down stairsto lalk
good at u'hat he does' I know
Clris. I havc a good relationshiprvith C'ilris. I{e's realiy
me an alls\^/er'
his personaliryanclhe jokes arounda lot, bttt alu'ays gir''es
don't know the content of it'
I'r,e seenSandy lar-rghingarouuclChris a felv titles, but I
oid for a
aboutsonleolleneeclingto retite oI being too
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Chrishas a deeploud voice.At tire fronl if he rverespeaking,you rvould kiton, it was hine
speaking.lt takcsa ljttlc u'hileto gct to i<nowClir-is.Ilc didn'tjoke with me at first.
Whcn lr4arbeilarr,,as
thcre,theyjoked arounda lot, but nothing inappropriatc.I stafled
joking u,jth hinr a Iittle and at first he ra,asstandoffish,but then he realizedI u'as ok and
\\/asmorc con-rfortablc
aroundrnc.
I remembertirere was a conversalionu,ith Clrris, me, Sandy,and Alhenia about
Facebool<.Chlis saidthat he rvasn'tgoing to adcime, in a joking 1one. IJe's tlot serious
ilost of lhe time unless1'outeiiirim you neecihclp with something.
i clon'trccall ani4)ringaboutChris sal,inganythinginappropriate.I'r'e never ireardChris'
'
say tirat Sandyu,asrilou,arrdneededto rctire. I'm surehe's said sornethingjokingly like
"rvl)atarc you doing?" or "arc you doing an14hing"in a joking manner- I'm SureI've
saidsomethinglike thatjokingly.
l'\,c r'revcrsat in 1hechair next to Sandybecausethat is Planning'sarea. Karcn Ilerman
usedto sit over there.
In Building Inspections,nost of our Techniciansare new and so the team isn't as strong
as it should be, but overall tl.rePlanning Techs and Chris, we have a good teatn. I knorv
u'ho to go to for ans\ rers.
In lire neq,building, I knorv pretty much rvhereeveryonein Building Inspectionswill beI don't know aboutthe inspectorsin the secondarybuilding. I knorv that Chris will be
over there, but I don't know exactly rvirere. We are excitcd about moving to the new
place,bul not sureu,henit is going to happen.
I've noticedthat Clrris and Aimee go to lunch a fcw times and go into each other's
olfices to talk. They seernpretty ciose.
Thcre have beensocial hoursoutsideof u,ork. I'rn not much ol'a drinker, so I don't go
very often. l-he first onc I u,entto, r1oone from Pianningcame at all. Most of the titne,
no one lrom Planningcomes- It secmslike the last few timcs, thcre have trecnmore and
pcoplccontingto llteseevcnts.
nr()r-c
I've heardthat Linda, tirc neu,estPerrnit'l'ech,has said tliat shc's looking for-wardto
fiiing hcr rctirenren1papcnvork. llodney i-rassaid he would like to be here this arnottntof
rime and u,antshis AdministrativcAssislantto canryout this tirnc u'ith hirn.

Thank yor,rfor 1,our tintc today zrndtlie infonnation you provided I-lulnan l{esourcesPleaseremcrnbertiral the infonlation you provided and disctlssionsthat took place is
consicleredconfidential. To eirsur-ethe integrity of the investigation, )/ou should not
eilrp)o1'ec
rJicr-lnserrrv irrfnrrrr.rrio'rnrnvidcrl or cliscussedin thc itrtcllie\\/ 1o eilY g11"r"t'
ltesources, incluciing yollr lranager, without prior pcrruission fi-on-r1hc
outsicie of I-lur-nal-r
Dircctor of I-luiuan llesources, Carla llornine -I'iaggtlark, or lfttmau ll-csources
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CorrltlianceSpecialist,Mark Stephcns.I-lumanl{esourccsstaff mcmbersu'iil
u'ho arein a iieeclto know positionabreastof the stalusof the irlvestigatiorrtire
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prol1ibitsretaliation againstaly enployce by alolher employee or by
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Cornltanyfoi reporfir.rg,
b1' the Company or a federai or state
invesligation,p.occ"dlug or-hearing cor-rducte<l
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to
the
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managerin his/herthain of .on mond, or to ihe Director of ]{urnau Resources
immediately'
J-luman Resources Compiiance Specialist' An1' complaint will be
substantiated'
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:
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Nameofperson(s)conductinginterview:MarkSlgt2hgns--allrcadlr:rd
position for I year this
I have r.r,orkedfor the Building lnspectionsdepartmentin this
My direcl supcrvisor
rnonlh. Prior to this,I rvorkedin CustornerServicefor i6 mcnths'
reporlsto Aimce Bissett
is GiendaGaillaircirvho rcportsto RodneyPattersonwho then
who reportsto Jon Fortttueat the fr-ontcounter
As 1,oucoine into the front cloorsof City Hall West, i sit directly
on what the questions
u,hen you walk in. when I have u,ork..tut"d questions,it depends
PlansExarninersor go dor'n
is- For exampleif it's about pennits' I ma1'have to call the
different inspections' So'
stairs. We have pcople tliat corne in and ask questionsabout
in5p"ctor in the buiiding' If
typically, it rvould go to Chris Lanzibecausehe's the onl1r
the time' I seea lot of
he,s not there,it goesto Ilodney. I'm at tny deskT5Yoof
lhere' I knor'r'rvircn certain
customersand ct'pioyees come throug5. Ntw that I'r'e been
dotl,t talk with anyone
people arc conitrg by. rtrllrenl tler:dto takc a break, l usualiy
tiucugh and r"alktc Szurcll'
cthei.Lhantire ctirei-pei-nitT-echsor-Glenda. I might'ral!:
pretty busy becauseshe's
bccausewe are both grandnolhersand rvc quilt. She's usually
the only orjc over thcrc.
social night' but i r-rsualll'
\\/c get ernailsmaybe errcrY3 or 4 months sayingthere's a
to happy hour' btrt l clon't
don'1 go. l've ireatclpcople sai' that they are going to go out
pcople
husbani ana i ant1'treal]1'clothat' I usr'rallylear
rcally pay altcntionScc.usc
'ry
'ffiursclays.
It's gsually the 5;alneglor'lpof pcop]c'
talk abolt itappy ltour otr
Athenia u'il1 talk about how druni<they
I'vc heard a da1,or two al'tera Thru'scla1,night,
go tor ]r or vb acithcyfcltiinclu,lr),11-re ), d id ll' t c o n ] e t o u , o rk t lre rre x t d a y . I ' r, c a ls o lr c a r d
I've net'er heard thc
CjhrisSay]-ro*,much hc enjol,sclrinkinganclgetting plasterecl'
paitin
about drinking malrfe the 4tl' of
inspectorssay lhal' l'r'e heardcaLt
'ui' 'otrr"ir'ing
quiet about an14hilg about
Jul), rveckenclon his ltersonaltirle- ByerJonc sec11sto be
askingaboLlMayela' l can
someone'sbodl,parts. Onc olthe older inspectorsis-alu'ays
his opinion and
tell that Chris reaill' lctou' his j ob anciis t'"t'y t'ocal- lJe expresses
say he doesn'thave
u'ould
cloesn'tcare u,hat anyol-]esalrs'r5ont it. If he were a doctor I
cuss u'ords- It doesn't
tite best bedsidemal-tllcr.\\i hen he talks, sometitneshe tirror'r's
liran others' I'r'e trot
Ile's loud to cvcr),olle,but sotnepeopie take it difi'erent
bothcr
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Ircalrl('lriis sayan)'lltingro Sandl,aboutwhen sirejs going1oretireor wircn she's going

to leave. I'r,e heardhim say sonretliinglike she's(Sandy)bccnherefor a reaily long
said aboutIracebookto Sar-rdy.I've not heard Ciuis say
time. I haven'theardan1,1hing
that Sandl'doesn'tdo anythingan)/way,but it soundslike sometliinghe would say. I-le
jn a u'ay that 1,sildon't ]oow if hc's joking or not. Ile throrvsthings out there
sa;,sr1,r11
anclis 1,s1-l,gruff
aboutil sornetimcs.l've heardhiil say "l can do rvhat] rvant herc."
I'vc hcardit rnorelhan once,but not surehow oflcn. l-lejust go1a ltrornotionand he
tliiirks he's the big rlan. l-hsbehaviorhas changedin that he's becouternore "what do
)/ou \\/ant,you're rvaslingmy time kind of thing."
\\/e'r,eheardrvord oi'mouth that Chris is cxcitedabouthis ncrv building and his new
. s t t lro u g h t u ' o u . ' ,
office . Isa r vhisnanteonalotofthefu rn it u rc o rre ra t t h e n e u , p la c eI ju
ok. Sincei liave rvorkedtheie, Airnee lias alwal'5beenlhe director' Cliris and Aimee
secmlike real gooclfricnds. 1'heyseernlike they are friendsoutsideof rvork. Chris
seemsto titipk he's invincible. I'm not sureif it's bccariseof his relationshipwith
Airnee,I think it's jr.rstbecauseof his demeanorand thinking that he's invincible- I'r'e
heardChris say he'sjust kidding rvith Micirelle Coughlin- IJc ivor-rldraise his r''oicewith
hcr and it rcalll, offencledher a lot. I thor.rghtshebroughtit to I-IR.,but I'tn not sure- I
knorv she took it Glenda. I bclieve that's the reasonsJreleft and moved over to Ilconomic
I)evelopment.
I've neveriieardanf.hing about Sandyleaving or needingto retire. She has told me that
shedoesn'tfeel like anyonelikes her t)rereanymore. I told her I was looking for a parttime job. She told me I neededto work from home and that she rvouid like to do tl'rat
becauseshedoesn'tlike it tfuereanyrnore. Sandydoesa lot and seemsto aiways be busythe phones,heips rvalk in customers,doesthe rnail, etc.
She ans'uvers
I'vo ncver hearclanythingof a sexualnaturebeing said. It's a uice rvork environment.
is really goor1.There is a small group that goesout on Thr-rrsdays-Alhenia will
ilver'1,si1s
be i1 Clrris' olfice for hor.rrsduling the day and talking or plaf ing on her pirone- I would
say tirat Athenizr,Chris. and Airnce hang out.

'fhank you Ibr your tirne today and the information you providcd I-Iuman Resources.
Pleascrenernbcr that tire infonnation you provided artd discussionsthat took place is
consicleredcopfideltial' To cllsurc t|e integritl' u1 the investigation' you should not
cliscloseapy iirfornatiol providcd or discussedin the iulervicrv to any othcr cmplol'ce
outsideof I'1:ntanltesources,including your ma,naget,wi1)routprior pertlission frorn the
Dir-ector o1' I'lurnal Resources, Carla Romine-Ilaggrnark, or I{umatl Resources
Mark Stephens.IJunranResourcesstalf nlernbersrvill keep those
ComplianceS1;ecialist,
rvho are in a leeci to klow nosition abreastof the statusof the investigatioir.
pcclcrai1211,,,
pro|ibits rctaliation agtrinstany emplo1,ecby artolhcr etnplol'ee or by the
assistingor participatingin ?n1u11-,o,-.ritr au1'
Cortrpanl,for lcporling,,filing, testif1,i11o,
investigation,proccedingor hearing conductedby the Compan;' or a fcderal or slate
cnforcement agcncy. Iinlpio1'ecs should report an)/ retai'ation to a super"visor,anv
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I've rvorkedfor the Citl' slptnton fcrr5 yearsas of
cornmand is Roclney Pattersou'
i\{1,jir"", supen,isor is I]mily Loiselle ancimy chain of
then Aimce P,isselt,and then Jon Foriune-

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betrveenPlans
i am at rny loczttionrnost of'the day. There is a lot of interaction
sorncthings or if it's zrddressing
Ilxafiriners. Dependingon the topic, I go to lltlfor
back anc"foi'h depending on
Coir-irrrerciaii go to jarreile; iliere is reflrrirrg.f customers
rvhat the1,arc trying to get.
(Chris L?ryt]' Plaruling (Munal
Outsicicof rnl' rvork groult, I interact with the Iuspectors
e1c-),Michelle !rowtl,, tlost
for o'criill cle'artrncrildiicussion.Nikole for rcports,
*'ith the fi'ont clcskstaff
c'eryorle i' 1hebuildiirg cxceptAirnec. A lot oli'teractiorl
menlbcr'
mcmbcrs. Carie Joncsis the neu,estPlansExarniner staff
u'e nrostly talk
u,e htorv eacfiother's peLsonallivcs- So'
As a group o1'Plans)Sxaruinct',
to cach othcr u'ltcrt iL corllcsto pcrsonaistuff'
basis'
I cion'trcalll' ralk ro allyoneoutsidc1hcgroup on a personal
of the tltle lunch is ot-iout'
Our gror"rpgocs out 1o iuuch lessthan ol-lcea rnonth' Most
o\vn.
scheduledper )rear- Thele iS
for our alea. We irave ? crze't-tl-S
I'l':-lor: lirc e'enl con:l-ltir,1ec
soctal hours on fhrrrsday oiouc comiug up or] 1he611'']lver)' once iu a u'hile there are
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bui not orr a tegular basis. -l hey are either at IJarrrestI-louse,Ilast Sidc, or
in tire dou'ntoum area.
geni'.rai11'
son-iera,i-iet-e
the iinc
I have noliced Cluis say u,otds or act in a way that ma1'be improircr or crossing
u,illrin fhc u,orlcplaceMultiple times irc says "I do rvhat I tvant-" \\ihen there is a
says "I
confrontalion betu,een Cluis and tite contractol and tirc contractor is upset, Chis
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Chris hasalu,a),sbe.enflirt1,. SonretimesChris(nappropriatellr
frla ho* irer shiil fit acrossher chesl' I-Ie's
worren. I'r,e hcardhinr comnrentto*
he speaks
saici,"wor1r,)our bocbs look big toclay." clrris is loud enoughto irearbecause
he has
ioudly. I{e has saidrl:ingsiikc this rnultipletimes over thc last six nonths since
:
bcenprolnotcd.I-atcly, it hasirappeneda lot insideour planningarc-arvithin the
I clonot recall hcaringCluis say 2n*L'ng abor'rtsolneonebcing too old
deparln-rent
aboutsomethingcluis saicllliat was sexual iu natute'
I hearclof an incidentliomG
looking at her butt
but I did not hear it firsthal,J. She said he made a comment erbor'rt
rigirt norv and sornetiringabout kissing her (making out with irer-)
that it's"just thc trorrn
Ciris has a rvay about him that is flirty and it has bcen so conrlllon
for him to say
now. Cluis docsn't have nuch of a filter- I would bciieve it is possible
someoncit too old or doesn't do an1'thing,
I feel like there rnay be
f -L-t**ed+ouJo-eonre-Fver{lrd@3{;ccaffie
just a
L-^'
be'iu,eenAimee and Cluis. It feels iike it is more tl'ran
r","" r",a
that we
"irelationship
It seernsto have an influence on the set-up of our new building
u,ork reiationsirip.
to Cluis and
are going to be moving ii.rto. It seemslike the1cis favoritism being shorvn
ir-rtoone big room'
his Inspcctors,u,hereas,Ilmily anclour group is going to be piaced
\\/e rvill not have space
We u,ork rvith giant scts of plans anclgoing into this nerv building
they arc in private
out. 'fhc inspcctorsare out * tf'r"fielc190%of the lime and
to spr-ead
u'ork'
olfices rvith a lot rnore spacc. I feci like this is affecting nry daily
posts of thern at
Chris and Aimce do a lot of drinking outsideof u'ork- I seeIracebook
and Aimee were
1heszrmelocation. \\/e had a Building Inspcctionsmccting and CJ'rris
c}u-is rvould lext
tcxtiirg back ar-rd{brth to each other d-uri"g a rneeting rvith contractors.
rvould llick up his phone
anclthctr Aimee u,oulclllick r-;p1',:rphone and text' Then CJuis
rneeting' l was not in
to read ancliiren tcxl, This.,"u, o.,". a duration of tirnc ciullng the
the mceting, but Amber and ISrnilytold me about it'
his relationsiripu'ith
Cil-is, bchavior and his cntitlementmentalitl/ seelnto be becauseof
office' it scemshe
Ain-rce-Whethcr it's talkilg aboutsonteone'sboobs or getling a big
he l'rastal<en
for']ris actions. lfer-clalely rve have talked about horv
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I do not fecl fcarliri of Ci1'js, bu1 sotle peopie nray be fcarfiil'
lire contexl of iris
didr-i't k;rou, jrori,all of this transpired, you^might not undelstand
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lhat"rl't noticedan increaseor dccrcasein the
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I office - once maybe twice a rveek' Joc prctty
tlnreCFiispcnds in
a Residentialor
his iunch hour at thc sarnctirne (121oon-1pm.)Usually, there's
at diffcrent ltmes
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pian, our u'ork group is not
Norv that tiris nerv clevclopmentof nroving and thc proposed
tiris \\ray- We beiieve -*'e
huppy. iio one has given gs a goocir"urol as to why it u'iil be
wit-irthis
doing o'r job cffectively. So, we are lot happy
are going to struggle r,,,itl-r
in thc Plaru'ringdepartment'
amongstoul group. I don't knorv aboutthe rest of the group!
in tf iis processand we don't realiy
Clurs seemslike he hasa iot of <iecision-rnaking
don't hear him having as
understandit that much' Rodnef is the Building Official and I
aboutthis rccently and he
much dccision-rnakingin tite process. I"ve talked to Rodney
I{e said he would '
ri,r-otetirings down and said anylii'e you have anythilg let ine'kelorv'
look at it furlher'.

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Titl e: Pla nAdministletionS peciaiist
D epartment/Div i sion: !]ilIini n g & D cvelopn.rent
Phoneextension:8364
Date of Interview:Mondav.Aueust8.2016
Name of person(s)colducting ilten,iew: Mark Stephensand Carri Bvrd
Hall Wcst
I have worked in PlanningsinceAugust 15,2005. Wiren )'ou rvalk into City
the- '
and you are looking at the fi'ont desk, you go to the right and my desk is at the end of
on the
hallrvay. Aimee and Munal's offtce is on one side and Chris Lanzi's office is
the rvali of
other side. I'm'ul,ithin 10 fl of Aimee and Munal's office- My desk is against
rChris' office and his door opeils in fr'ont of my desk'
of
outside
desk
o/o
front
the
at
one lunch
I spend of thetime at rny workspace. I
"o.r"r.
desk, the Planning front desk is to the
my
to
Rod,rey's officc. So, insteadof going right
Sandy or
lef1.I also cover from 4-5prn. The rest olthe time I'm at my deskunless
Athcnia are out.
supervisor is
Ir4unalwas my direct supe1isor until the last month. Now, my direct
Atlreniarvirorcportsto Airncc.
Whcn I have a rvotk relatcdquestion,I go to Munal'
I used to
When I want to lake a break,I don't really talk to anyonein the department'
u'ho 1o trust' So'
taik to Kalia, Iton, or Emily but not really anymore. I don't really knorv
n]c about
with
I don,t realll,lalk with anyoneanyn-iorct".uur" of all the things shared
about the
perceptionsof me and my prcvious rclationshipwith Atirenia' Airlec told rne
rvas in a
I
like
pcrceftio,rs and horv I sirouldbe mindful. I tricd to tell Airnee that I felt
iast time 1tried to
hostiic u,ork ertvirorunentand shelold rne not to say that. Tltat rvastirc
used to irangottt'
spcakto her. Athenia, Abra, and llrlily caule to my birtirday pai11'' We
in the
I cotisideredt[e11 my frie'ds. I clidn't know there were any issueswitl'r z\thenra
IF we
not'
to be issues-i atnnot sureif it is apowerlhing or
ltast and norvthercSeeltts
had issucsin thc past, she never calne to speakwith nre about itA irrrr-r-rloes lrannvl-iourson Thursdays,but I've never beeirto them. Aimee, Athenia, and
Chr isg o tothose'butirotc\/cf)/oneis in r, ire d . I t ' s a f rc q u e n t t lrin g . S o t rre t in re s it ' s jus t
cloihcs and ieave a
Airnce and Ch-is. Sotletimcs Cluis puls on cologne-Thcy rn'ill cirange
until 5 10 go
u'ait
4 or 5. In the last n-ionthol so, Athenia rvi)l tr')'1o
little eai-1y,around
at 1l-refiont
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counterrvith Atheiiia,I noticedtirat sheu''astcxtiilg a lot' Alhenia
caureto tire counter' I
and tire trvins (Dustin'fimbs andRyan I{ar11e1')
1hcfront cou']tcr-,
airdCluis and thel' wele
askcdAthcnia wl]o sl-rcu,astexting with and shetold me Aimce
on E'lm St''
arrangcltentto go to the bar. I askedwhich bar and shesaidDust1"5
n.rakir-rg
dicln'twant anyoneto seeJrerI bclieveJ askcditer rvhy that one, shesaidbecauscAimee
that they should go rvitl-r
I saidoh. Si'ce 1]rclrvins were thcre at the counter,I suggested
saidthey don"t go
Atheniato nlcet up rvith Airnee and Cluis. They saidno' Atllenia
they rventClrris got so durnk
anynlore,so I askedlier why not. She saidtl-raifhelasl time
even said something about
that he startedyelling an<italking c;razyto them. She said he
anymore' No one goes with
firir]g Dustin. Shesaid afler that nobody goeswith them
everyone out to happy
tlen-r that I'm aware of. Tirere is also u .o"iut wtrerc Aimce invites
everyouc' I didn't reaily ilay
liour. She olfers to purchasethe first round of drinks for
talk about i1the next day
much attentionto thern until reccntly. I would hearAthenia
Athenia' and Aimec scenr
sometimes.Sheu,ouid talk about cloingFireballsa iot' Ciiris,
Aimee passesu'hat she
to harrea closcrclationship. They u." igroup and that's how
'fhose are her main ll"opll' Insteadof going to ltodney' she goes to
rvantsdonedorur.
in
1,uaio colneback to the offlce' She was sitting
Chris. For example,I le1irny bag ar.,O
it's
is open and sometimes
Chris, office aftcr 6pm o,, a i ridiy. Sornetimesthe door
she goes into clrris' office
closed. when Aimee con-iesback frorn a meering at city Ifali,
as if she'sgiving iriln an update. Thoseare hcr people'
r'ely direct- He's loud' I can
Chris can be a lit-tlebrash sornetimes. Ile's outspokenancl
even hear him then' especialil'
irear him unlessl-reclosesfiis door and sometimesI can
u,hcnlte's ott spcakcrPhonesay' From an Afiican
Cluis says a lot o1 outlandish things that no one elsewould
rne colored-Hc',s saysthe NAinericanperson,I',r,ehearda lot from him- He"s called
towards me' but if sorneoneelse
rvorclall the tiile. I don't think he was being rralicious
I cut him a lot of slack' but
ireard him, they rvould bc very offended by iris statements'
u,ill tell irim rvhenit's 1oomuchbodl' parts'
Sonteone'S
I dolt't rccall hearingCliris sa1'anything sexualor about
shouldretire' I'rn thinking it
I have heardChris say tl'ratSahdyis too old and that shc
they closed1'hedoor' iie
rvas Chr.isand Atlienia i. his office talking to eachother before
a Statementabout oul agc
said somethingabout"her old ass." Atfienia actuallymadc
it to Sarrdy,thett rne. Slre
today rvhiie trl,irrgto nrakea jokc about it. First, slresaid
have to jook at stuff- It rvas a
stretchcdI'ieratrnsout saying"isn'tt|is how old peoplc
You don't do
picture on her nhone. Ci,isltas sai6 to itle "wltat are you doing here'
her a hard time' iJe irsescurse
anything any\^ra),."lleis saiclit to llrittaiij and he gives
going to fire thern' Ile
such as the lr-word, G_-Dann- - - d" tells peoplehc'S
rvor-cls
lfe'11just say anything'
comes to 1l.ieii.ort desk anclsaysall kinds of crazl, stuff'p
u'hat I u'ant to do because
"l
Becansel'ru lhc bossa1d I'm in charge. I{e says can do
verl' serior'isi;'becauseof his
l'ru in chargc." I thi'k peoplc believJilirn a'd take him
doesu4rathe wants and
relationshipu,ilh Ain1cc- \\/e have a lot of nclr'peopie- chris
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I did lot hearhirr 1e1lSandythat sheneededto take papctu'orkto Alinee bccauseSandlzrn),way.I didn't hearhim say anl4hing1o Sandyabout being too old
doesn'tdo ar-ry4hing
to have Facebook. I did not hear thcsethings,but coulc1believe that ile u'ould say that
sort of thing- It's pretty constantthat |e acls tliis way (every day), unlesslte's out doing
inspections-SometirnesI've toJdhim that rve iravecompanlr2t 6 )'ou can'1talk iike thatIf no one is at the fronr dcsk, tircn errcryone's{air game.IJe u'ili say things aboul my skirl
color or m1,job. SometirresAin-reeis there and sometirnesshc is not- But rvl'renshe is
tltcre, shc iaughs.Cluis v,,ill say somethingand I'il say I'm going to tcll Aimec and he
says"shc didn't hear nle" or "I'm in charge,I do what I \\,anl." I think he docsn't realiz-e
thal ]r4unalis in there sometimesand can hearhirn'fhe urajority of tire tirne Ain-reegoes into Chlis' officc toltalk to CII-is bccauseAimee
and }u4unaisl-rarean officc. Ii4unal calrle up and asked tne u'ho was in AiInee ar-rd
Munal's olficc becausethe door rvas lockcd and Munal couldn't get in tirerc' I bclieve
Chris may have been in there, but I walkcd away afler Munal askedr.rrcSometimes,Chris and ./timee walk to the new building to do measurements' Athcnia
Tl''ei.e
t-nayhave gone rvitir thetl on cccasion, but I usually oniy see C1uis and Aimec'
rvhen Chris and Alhenia u'alk over.
have been occasiot-ts
was'working'up
On.ruly 1, I rvas at u,ork, but I'm thinking that Sandy Was out and I
"I'm
looking at your
iet's make out'" or
front. I don't recall him saying to ll"hey,
kind of
ass.,,Though I can sec him saying thing-slike that. It's just a run-of-the-mill
I{e just
blondes'
thilg that he wouid say. It's a tuugtiug joke in the office that he likes
without laughing as-if
sar,,slhinrrs1o rr,,hoerrer
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stuff, Airnee laughs. She doesir'tcorrcct him, ev'c n wh c n s h e ' s
it's a jokc. Whcn he says
sittins thcre rvith him iir his office.
to? Tirere is
Peoplejust tune Chris out. I{e's a superuisornow. Who rvould you reporl it
is ovcr
Cluis
her
teli
to
no ell-ective\\,ayto gct him to stop. i'm not going to go to Aimee
the to1r. Chris is her favorite and go-to for cvcrything'
rvas sulprised
lJevelopmentSen,iccscloesn'1iook good and it's a different atmosphere. I
hv
llre rccr:r]1nr-or.notior-rs.
Ir4unaldocsri't seemto be in cl]argeat all- It seerls iikc Aimee
"J..,"]''"'..
creatinga
ii putring ltcr'peoltlein place. It seens like she'strying to pusl.rRodnel' out by
for Ch'r-isposilion
the
positron \\re'vene\/cr had and putling Cirris into it. Airnee crealed
like
likc Chr-isis Ainee's dilecLrr:ncrt. Tc nre on 1heoutside,it doesn't secm
It's a1i:tos',
anyinot-c'
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rvouid have lhoughr Cluis' prornotion u,ould have conre from Munal instead of Aimee- I
hanciled
ncver saw any papert,ork for CIuis' prornotion tirough l rvould Jravenormally
about
that- Munal rvould itald ne the paperwork to process- No onc knerv arll4hing
to
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J'm not sure about Chlis zlndAintee's relationship. I've seen
and they would not being
I rvould conle back to gct somethirrg. The door wor,rldbe shut
spcaking loudly, rvhicl-ris unusual for CIuis.

It seemslike Rodney
SometimesrvhenJott Fortuneireedssomething,he will call Chris'
the ones makir-rgall the
and Munal ar:elefl out of tJ-reloop. Cluis, Aimec, and Athenia are
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scctnslikc they took Murlal out of thc equation. Athcnia is trorv
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memberswill keep thosc
ComplianceSpecialist,\4ark Stephens.Ifuman Resourcesstaff
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another employee or by the
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in any^manncr in any
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Name: CA11lqla!g!
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J'itle:PlansExamir-rer
D epartrnent/Divi sion : BUildltle]lllgg1tgnl
Phoneextension:7225
Datc of interview:Wednesdav.August3- 2016
Name of person(s)conduclinginten,iew:Mark Stephensand carri Bvrd
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I have rvorked in the Building Inspectionsdivision sincethe 18tl'of July
City' I]n-rily
previor-rslyworked for the Falilities Managementdepartrnenthcre with the
and then Rodncy
Loiselle is rny direct supervisor.Above her, I guess'is Cluis Lanzi
an office with
Pallerson. My rvork ,pu"" is in the basementof City I{ail West' I share
Michelle Browr.
I were in the office'
Ar.oundtrvo r,r,eeksago, Chris came downstairs.Emily, Michelle, and
go out with one of the
Cluis walked into thJdoorway. Emily told him shewantedme to
I guesshe just
inspectors.I was sitting behind my desk. Chris askedto seemy shoes'
good to go out rvhen
wantedto see,ny s]1oeslI'm guessingbecauseheelswouldn't bc
to me about my
inspecting.tlc saia 1ot this week rnaybelater- I{e didn't say anything
rvith chris-at aii' I didn't
legs or skirt or anything like that. I haven't had many dealings
for the Plans
know him prior to rnoving over to Pianning. I{e was in my interview
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to any otller cmployee
disclose any information provideclor discussedin the intef icw
plior perrnissionfrorn the
outsidc of l{un-ianllesources,incluclingyour manager,without
lfumar-r il'esources
Dircctor ol Ilu.ran llesources, C".iu l{ominc-Ilaggmark, . or
will keep those
Spccialist,Mark Stephens.I]utrtan l{esourcesstaff rnernbers
Cor.r]pliance
who arc in a nccd 1o knorv positiolr abrcastof the stalusof the invcstigatior-r'
employee or by the
Fcderal iaw prohibits retaiiation against any employee by another
any nlarulcr in any
Conrpany lbr reporling, filipg, festifying, ussisti.rgor parlicipating in
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enfor-cenreittagcl)cy. li'rployees should report anlr tttu''ation to
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