[nfbmi-talk] just a snippet

[joe harcz Comcast]

"
          Commissioner Schuck asked Director Cannon some questions about New Horizons and the Detroit office Manager serving on their Board of Directors and she questioned whether this was a conflict of interest, stating that this person should not be on the Board and asked for Director Cannon’s response to this.  Director Cannon responded that several staff serve on boards on their own time, meeting in the evening.  He added that New Horizon’s attorneys have reviewed everything that has come before the board since the staff person has been on there and at no time did any item come before the board relative to funding or services with respect to MCB or MRS clients.  Commissioners stated their concern with the appearance of impropriety.

 

          Commissioner Schuck questioned Director Cannon about the Lee’s Inn, an alternate place where the Training Center staff and clients were going to move to during the Training Center renovation project.  Questions included why it wasn’t secured and if staff was sent to work at the Lee’s Inn before a lease was signed. She went on to ask that for the record and clarification was anyone sent to work at the Lee’s Inn and does anyone who reports to the Director know of anyone who worked at the Lee’s Inn.  

 

Director Cannon answered that the Lee’s Inn was not an option because the owners decided to sell rather than lease, that, to his knowledge, no staff was sent to work at the Lee’s Inn but an inspection was done, staff possibly toured the sight but no one was sent there as their work sight.  "





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The responses were not accurately portrayed here. Nor were the full dimensions of the questions which were darned good ones indeed by Commissioner Schuck.