A Cartersville attorney will conduct Barrow County’s internal investigation into claims by HR Director Norma Jean Brown that someone in a position of power within the county government has violated county, state and federal employment statutes.
David G. Archer of Archer & Lovell, P.C. will be paid $250 per hour to “investigate allegations that employment policies and/or ordinances of Barrow County, and/or federal and/or state laws have been violated,” according to the Nov. 9 agreement that was distributed to area media by Bob Hohe, the county’s operations development manager.
The agreement with Archer does not set a deadline for the completion of the investigation but states the attorney will conduct interviews and submit a written report “as expeditiously as possible.”
And the document does not set a limit on the cost of Archer’s investigation, saying only that he will update Hohe "from time to time."
The Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 27 voted unanimously to hire an investigator to look into “serious allegations” it had received.
The HR director later acknowledged that she had alerted the board to her concerns the previous weekend and had independently hired an Atlanta employment attorney to represent her and other county employees.
Her complaint was about alleged racial and gender discrimination and about alleged wage-hour violations.
Surely there is someone closer that conduct this investigation. How about putting a cap on their expense? This company is going to stick it the tax payers of Barrow County. Thanks a lot Danny. You're something else...
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