DAC Commissioners Discuss Lawsuit Verdict
closed session dona ana county commissioners discussed last week’s verdict involving former county employee kim stewart. stewart sued the county and was awarded one- point-two million dollars for wrongful termination. she was an internal affairs investigator who was fired in alleged retaliation over her handling of a discrimination case. abc-7’s jamie warren is live from our new mexico mobile newsroom. jamie? commmissioners told me today they’ve already done a great deal to change the culture that led to the verdict. sot billy garrett 6:56:31 i’m sorry that she was hurt that she was hurt i mean the jury said she was hurt i’m sorry that that happened this is the first public apology by a county commissioner following last weeks verdict that awarded former employee kim stewart 1.2 million dollars 5:36;08 kim stewart its time to change the culture that has permeated that building and that agency for so long commissioner chair billy garrett says the situation happened five years ago, and the county has since tightened up policies and procedures since then. 6:49:16 i hope that is taking root and we’re seeing some changes 6:42:37 it hurts commissioner david garcia agrees improvements have been made he says it hurts to see last weeks verdict come out of tax payers pockets 6:42:59 sot david garcia people will kind of wondering what are the commissioners doing or what is management doing that this is happening but garret says last weeks verdict is not a sign of a broken human resources department 6:58:28 i’m inclined not to sort of point a finger but i will be asking the manager to look carefully at the whole thing garret says last weeks verdict is not a sign of a broken human resources department 6:58:28 i’m inclined not to sort of point a finger but i will be asking the manager to look carefully at the whole thing garrett says there may need to be more mediation or employee development in the future to prevent future problems. andress high school has a new football coach and he’s no
