By Basil Ryan and Fred Keller
THE FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL has discovered through an open records request that Cal Patterson and the City of Franklin have agreed to extend the automatic renewal date in his employment agreement from April 1, 2011 to June 8, 2011.
We found it interesting that the document is dated March 14, 2011, but aldermen did not receive this notice until March 17, 2011. This may be an attempt by the City of Franklin to deal with resident reaction to our article “Franklin's Two Highest Paid City Employees Have "Sweetheart" Deals published on March 14, 2011.
Below is the full and exact text of the email:
From: Mark Luberda
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:33 PM
To: Alderman
Cc: Tom Taylor; Jesse Wesolowski
Subject: Cal's Contract and a unilateral extension
Alderman,
I am providing a copy of this document to everyone as there appeared to be a question concerning the automatic renewal of Cal’s contract. Cal had provided the City with a unilateral extension of the automatic renewal clause of the contract that pushed back the April 1st date referenced in the contract to June 8th for 2011. A copy of the document is attached for your review. If you have questions, you may feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Mark Luberda
Director of Administration
THANK YOU
Our debut story “Franklin's “Two Highest Paid City Employees Have "Sweetheart" Deals,” generated a tremendous amount of comment/emails from readers; most asking the question: Do you know what the Alderman and Mayor are planning to do about this matter?
Based upon strong reader interest in this story, we offered Franklin Aldermen and the Mayor an opportunity to answer this question directly. THE FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL sent emails to all Franklin Aldermen and Mayor Tom Taylor on March 17 and 18 to get their answers. At this writing (Saturday, March 19, 2011), only one Alderman has given us the courtesy of an answer. All responses we receive will be published.
THE FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL thanks its readers for their support and extends additional thanks to Franklin bloggers for their assistance in helping notify their readers about this important issue. THE FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL has received overwhelming response, far beyond our expectations. For that we thank our readers. Without your help and actions we cannot accomplish anything to improve our community.
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