Subscribe:

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Former Manager Stephen Bonanni & Former CFO Jill Gougher Documented to Receive Over $124,000 in Accumulated Leave Payout


Township Council at their last meeting tabled a resolution that according to Township Clerk Thalia "TC" Kay, would have authorized payment of accumulated leave still owed to former Township manager Stephen Bonanni and former CFO Jill Gougher. The Resolution has now been forwarded to Township "Labor Counsel for review and consideration at the next regular Council meeting which is scheduled on Tuesday, January 22, 2013" according to Kay. 

GallowayTwpNews.com has obtained through various Open Public Records Requests, the Exit Interview Forms of Bonanni and Gougher. These forms are compiled and further executed by a Township representative and the employee who is leaving the Township. Gougher, who signed her form on October 3, 2011, is scheduled to receive a total of $67,569.53 in accumulated leave. Gougher who worked for Galloway for just under 25 years, opted to receive her payout over a three year time period. 

The payment schedule Gougher agreed to with the Township, includes $24,479.10 she already received in 2012. Gougher was scheduled to receive $21,545.23 for 2013 until the Resolution was tabled by Council. Gougher is also scheduled to receive her final payment in 2014 for $21,545.20.  Gougher's payments are now under review by Labor Counsel. As of today, Gougher is still owed $43,090.43.

Former manager Stephen Bonanni retired after 32 years with Township and signed his initial Exit Interview Form on January 24, 2012. According to additional documents the Township released this past week, Bonanni signed a different Exit Interview form on April 5, 2012. The dollar amount listed on the April 2012 form shows Bonanni receiving less money than originally calculated in January 2012. 

One of the differences on the April 2012 form shows Bonanni receiving compensation for Comp Time of 12 hours. Bonanni who was listed as a salaried employee, is now being paid Comp Time. The form also reflects a reduction in Vacation time balance from 2011.  We will be submitting an email of inquiry to the Township in order to request explanation into the difference in Bonanni's calculated time.

Bonanni's final form in April 2012 shows a Total Payout of $57,189.30. According to Township Clerk Thalia TC Kay, Bonanni received a payment of $5,424.06 in 2012, half of which was paid on March 30, 2012 and the second half paid on April 13, 2012. Bonanni was scheduled to receive the final balance of $51,765.24 in January 2013, however that amount was included on the Resolution to be tabled and forwarded to Labor Counsel for review.

According to Bonanni's Memorandum of Understanding with the Township when he became Acting Township Manager in 2011, he was afforded a provision by Council outside the Township's Policies, Procedures and Ordinances. The provision was to grant Bonanni access to his accumulated sick leave up to $10,000, even if legislation was enacted to cap sick leave before he retired. The provision as stated, "shall be deemed valid irrespective of any legislation that may establish a cap on accumulated sick leave."  To our knowledge, Bonanni was the only employee afforded that additional provision in order to secure his sick leave payout.

We have released a copy of the Exit Forms and have also listed the break down for each payout below which includes a combined accumulated amount of $124,758.83.

Jill Gougher:

Vacation - $45,446.56
Sick (Frozen) - $12,122,97
Sick (Capped) - $10,000.00

Stephen Bonanni:

Vacation - $4,700.85
Comp Time - $723.21
Sick (Frozen) - $41,765.24
Sick (Capped) - $10,000.00

Council is scheduled to consider Gougher's and Bonanni's accumulated leave payout balances at the next regular Council Meeting scheduled on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. 

 

8 comments:

Capt J Hook said...

they will get their money no doubt , friends don't let friends leave empty handed ,

Anonymous said...

Oh, no doubt about that Captain. They have backed Steve Bonanni this far they will take him all the way to the finish line. They all have so much dirt on each other there is no way of making sense or logic out of anything going on within the walls of the municipal building. Steve Bonanni is just another hypocrite cretin all packaged up in his sham "Christian" lifestyle that he was selling to others around him.

Anonymous said...

This is discusting!! I thought they now capped all this. It is in education at 15k. You should not be able to carryover vacation Use it or lose it.

Anonymous said...

THIS WAS THE LAW(ORDINANCE) IN 1979 WHEN I WAS APPOINTED. i ALSO HAD A CONTRCT WITH THE TOWNSHIP PRIOR TO BEING ASKED TO FULLFUL THIS POSITION. ALSO i HAVE FROM FINANCE OFFICE SIGNED WITH THIS .AMOUNT.. Mr. Purdy signed contract and made various recommendations on staFFING. i WILLBE PURSUING LEGAL ACTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. i HAVE BEEN QUITE TO LONE. The truth must come out. many lies have been preented by the blogger.

Anonymous said...

why would anyone resign from a 64 thounsant dollar job with no eduction??unless they did somethingwrong?????

Publisher said...

Mr. Bonanni, if that is in fact you commenting from Florida, by all means contact me. I'm sure you have my number. Maybe you can tell your story once and for all.

Otherwise, you have a tall hill to climb "if" you think legal action against the Township is in your best interest. Just my opinion.

Anonymous said...

Steve are you saying the hooker is lying? That's amazing how do explain two hookers numbers in your phone bills? Go ahead and sue the Township those hookers and Rutgers will be subpoenaed and your ass will be sitting in jail for official misconduct.

-Harry Scheeler

Anonymous said...

One more question Mr. Decon WWJD?

Post a Comment

 
Web Analytics