How did Quatrone get to $196,455 in the first place, Joe?
Quatrone’s original contract covering 2007 listed his
base salary at $146,240.
In 2012, just five years later, Quatrone was being
paid $196,455.
The Board kept renegotiating new contracts in the
middle of terms so Quatrone could get around pending legislation. Quatrone was receiving 3% annual raises. The Board increased them to 5%. None of the renegotiated contracts were sent
to the County for approval. Nobody knew
what was taking place except Quatrone, Capizzi, and the Board members. Of course the Board members at the time were either
employed in the Borough Hall and/or had relatives working under Quatrone.
Frank
Quatrone and the Lodi BOE should be the poster child for why Superintendent
caps are necessary.
Frank Quatrone was not the victim of a Superintendent
cap. The Lodi taxpayers were the victim
of Frank Quatrone and the Board puppets that he controlled.
Quatrone should never have been making $196,455 at the
time the cap took effect. Furthermore,
the Board helped Quatrone get around the cap by paying him $25,108 annual merit
bonuses for nothing merit based. In
fact, many laughable goals set by Quatrone weren’t even met yet the Board paid him
anyway.
Joe Leto should have done some research before he
began talking about superintendent caps and merit bonuses because he doesn’t
have a clue. Leto is lost somewhere on
Planet Quatrone.
