A quorum of the Heights County Water District Board held a special meeting on Tuesday, March 26, with the intent of interviewing candidates who had applied to fill the position of Laura Drager, who resigned, on March 20, in order to apply for the position of General Manager.
At the Tuesday meeting the board cancelled the planned interviews and asked for candidates to reapply.
President of the board, Doug Kary, began the meeting with a statement about a board member, who he said was not present. He related an incident that happened earlier in the week, in which he said he encountered two other board members at the district office. Kary said he was going to leave, because with Drager’s resignation, three members of the board created a quorum and constituted an illegal meeting.
The other board member was upset, according to Kary. “He spoke with me afterwards. He was so out –of- control, he was shaking. I really thought he was going to hit me, and I actually would have relished it. But he did not. But he did not listen to one word that I said, not one word.”
Since then, Kary said that he had been receiving emails from that board member “about all kinds of stuff.” Kary said that the party “is not telling the full truth.” Kary said he and board member Frank Ewalt already had a scheduled meeting, but when he saw that two board members were already in the building he said “I cannot come in.”
At the time of the confrontation, said Kary, the district had received only two applications to fill Drager’s vacancy. The other board member said they would have many more by the end of the day.
“After screaming and running a tantrum, he said you will have 15 if not more applicants by the end of the day. That is where most of these applicants came from. . . some were not eligible. I don’t know what the whole gig was, but I sure hope he is happy with it.”
As of the Tuesday meeting, the district had received nine applications.
The other board member, “puts out,” said Kary, that “I am telling him that we have three people on the board and we are going to railroad this son-of- a-gun through.”
“Far, far from the truth,” said Kary, “but I want that out in the public.” … Read More online here.
