Tuesday, July 10, 2018

After going way over budget with legal costs and even needing a corrective action plan for Board Attorney contracts...





Quatrone, Capizzi, and Leto continue to prevent the Board from carrying out its responsibilities.


-  Sciarrillo’s contract expired on June 30th.  Sciarrillo is not an employee.  Sciarrillo continues to work for the district and bill the district without a contract.


-  Alisa DiChiara’s contract expired on June 30th.


-  The Board should have awarded a contract for Board Attorney by July 1st.  The Board should have conducted a legitimate selection process prior to July 1st.


- As per a corrective action plan with OFAC, the Board was required to utilize RFPs (Requests for Proposals) for Board Attorney.  The deadline for those proposals was June 12th.


-  Quatrone and Capizzi secretly interviewed four Attorneys without ever informing the Board.  They never even informed the Board that they received 8 proposals. 


-  In other districts, Board members interview for Board Attorney.  It’s a Board appointment.  It’s not a Capizzi appointment.  It’s not a Quatrone appointment.


-  Leto stated in an email that Capizzi and Quatrone conducted interviews because the matter was “time sensitive”.  


-  At the time this post is going up, Leto hasn’t called one Board meeting to discuss the selection process and appointment for Board Attorney. The matter is time sensitive.


-  Leto, Capizzi, Quatrone, and Marra found time for a “committee meeting” on July 3rd but they refused to find time for a Board meeting.  A committee meeting is not in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act.  It’s not a Board meeting. 


- For an entire month, Leto, Capizzi, and Quatrone sat on the 8 proposals and prevented the Board members from carrying out their responsibilities.


-  With all the controversies over the last year with legal billing and contracts, it is amazing that Leto, Capizzi, and Quatrone haven’t learned one thing.