Did Stacy Bjorhus resist banning the bio-metric clocks?
Is this another reason for firing her?
The City allegedly was almost finished implementing the bio-metric
time clock when Coatesville City Manager Gary Rawlings allegedly canned the
whole idea and went back to manual time cards. Before she was fired,
Coatesville Finance Director Stacy Bjorhus allegedly overruled him on this and
said that she had the authority to do so via the ordinance in the Coatesville
City Charter.
The Coatesville City Council will vote to change the City’s
Finance Director Ordinance at the next meeting on January 23, 2012.
Keep in mind this quote from the Daily Local News; "However,
Rawlings argued the ordinance can hamper his authority. Solicitor John Carnes
said one area that could hamstring Rawlings is a provision that allows the
finance director to investigate any potential wrongdoings in the
department." The moral of that story seems to be, “We don’t want no stinking investigations into stealing the peoples
money.”
SEE:
Hmm. Did some city employees pressure Rawlings to
can the bio-metric clocks because they messed with their work place “style”?
The bio-metric clocks were tied to the ADP payroll system the City uses. Very
cost effective and also great with eliminating fraud for the 'clocking in your
buddy' syndrome. If these were implemented the data would should exactly
reflect the actual hours employees worked which would cut down the overtime and
the fraud.
But I believe that a lot more than just
“clocking in your buddy” may be happening at city hall. The city council
didn't seem concerned about which City of Coatesville employees pocketed the
$162,000 in 2008. After all, they allegedly fired the two people; Stacy Bjorhus and Manny
Dechter that discovered that the money that was missing
was cash payments at the front desk at city hall and that money never made into
the city’s coffers.
Since Mr. Kalaria
left there are 2 people left that received cash payments at
the front desk at city hall during 2008. One of those two people also had some
control over the city’s finances and city time card records.
It just seems like
anyone who messes with City of Coatesville employee’s “style” gets canned. Even
if that “style” may include allegedly pocketing cash payments that were
supposed to go to the city to the tune of $162,000.
"Biometric time clocks
have proven return on investment:
·
Reduction of payroll preparation time and human error.
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Elimination of time card and badge expenses – materials, printing,
replacements, etc.
·
Elimination of conflicts over hours worked and time accrual
benefits.
·
Significant reduction in overtime payments.
Proven results, strong
market growth, and demonstrable bottom line performance continue to drive
Mainstream adoption of biometric-based WFM solutions. Biometric time
clocks provide accurate, reliable, and auditable real-time labor data.
Biometric time clocks are the only effective means of directly linking an
individual worker to their labor data while providing an irrefutable labor
record. Biometric time clocks increase the integrity and security of
labor records while reducing administrative costs of reviewing and updating
payroll information."
From the document below: