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Eagleville Times Also serving Arrington, College Grove, Rockvale, Triune & Unionville Volume 6, Issue 3 - 50 cents February 1-15, 2008 Eagleville, Tennessee Ongoing City Investigation Under The Direction Of District Attorney By GLENDA DYER The offi cially signed personnel policy An investigation is continuing into adopted in December 2006 says the city the altering of a page in Eagleville’s “shall not” pay for unused sick leave personnel policy manual that prohibits when an employee leaves the job while the city from paying unused sick leave the suspected altered copy says “shall” when employees resign. pay. Rutherford County District Attorney A check of the city computer’s past Bill Whitesell confi rmed Monday that activity indicates the sick pay page was the probe into the issue is ongoing under last modifi ed Dec. 17 at 8:06 p.m., about the direction of his offi ce. a year after the personnel policy was of- fi cially approved. In the modifi ed fi le, “I have asked the Tennessee Bureau the word “not” was missing. of Investigation (TBI) to look into the matter also,” he said. Questions arose concerning the is- sue after Mayor Nolan Barham paid Vice Mayor Ronnie Hill, who took the former city recorder Michelle Bennett concerns about the possible alteration to $1,945.17 for unused sick pay when the district attorney the day before the she left her job Oct. 31. The check was Eagleville Middle last council meeting, said Tuesday that signed by Barham and Bennett, accord- School Eagles the investigation is “well underway” but ing to Hill. said he could not make any more com- 2007-2008 ments. City policy requires checks to be County Champions signed by two of three people. Besides A source, who asked not to be identi- Barham and Bennett, Hill is also autho- See page 19 fi ed, did confi rm that TBI personnel took rized to sign checks. the city computer Monday night to make a copy of the hard drive. They returned Bennett told the Eagleville Times in the computer to city hall on Tuesday. a telephone interview Tuesday morn- ing that she did not alter the personnel They also took written statements policy page. Rockvale Rockettes from Hill, new City Recorder Colleen Take Championship With Adams and Fire Chief David Martin, the She said she was at her daughter’s Undefeated Season source said. Continue on page 3.......INVESTIGATION See page 19 PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID EAGLEVILLE, TN Photos by Michael Loyd PERMIT NO. 11 Three Months STC SMALL TOWN CABLE Free Cable SEE PAGE 15 2 Page EAGLEVILLE TIMES February 1-15, 2008 SUBSCRIPTION If you are interested in subscribing to the P.O. Box 72 Eagleville Times, turn to page 22. 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She said she has witnesses who pay. He also enclosed a copy of the con- In his opinion, Lampley quoted the saw her at the games. Even Councilman Martin said after the last council meet- fl icting page from the personnel policy original document that said “that upon Harold Vincion was there, she said.