Feb. 3, 2015 Tavares, FL Local Government Lessons Learned: This is an example where a Billings, MT government failed to implement sound cash management policies and employees took $12,000 and they can't prove who did it due to bad cash control procedures. The city of Billings, Montana has released some documents detailing disciplinary actions against Solid Waste employees who misused public money at the landfill. (from billingsgazette.com - dated Jan 28, 2015) A Billings, MT landfill supervisor resigned last summer after at least $12,000 of city money went missing, and another employee was suspended for four weeks. John Arellano, the landfill supervisor, resigned in a handwritten letter dated June 16, 2014. Barb Butler, who was suspended without pay for four weeks, signed an agreement acknowledging her misconduct. Documents detailing discipline of two of the city’s Solid Waste employees last year over alleged misuse of public money at the city landfill were released Tuesday by the city after District Court Judge Michael G. Moses ruled that Billings city officials must provide some of the records to The Billings Gazette. The first batch of documents contained Arellano's hand-written letter of resignation and a "Last Chance Agreement" signed July 15, 2014, by Butler,...
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