A few random thoughts about Mayor Alan M. Webber’s decision to award a $5,000 “bonus” to outgoing City Manager Jarel LaPan Hill:
1 – bonus payments to public employees are illegal under state law. Please see the Albuquerque Journal article that details this. The New Mexican would have a decent article to write if it were to IPRA LaPan Hill’s contract.
2 – Jarel LaPan Hill is also going to get her annual leave cashed out at an extremely high hourly rate. Again, the paper would have a great article if it were to ask how much that will amount to.
3- Jarel LaPan Hill took close to three months off without being charged annual leave. This amounts to fraud. If the paper were to IPRA LaPan Hill’s timecards for the last two years and interview City employees about her extended road trip, that’s another good article.
If anyone would like to report Mayor Alan Webber to the State Auditor for a formal investigation, the hotline number for this is 1-866-672-3728. I encourage everyone reading this to call.