Rachel Rosen reports:
Former Oak Harbor mayor pro tem Beth Munns has publicly released the human resources investigation into an alleged threat she made to City Administrator Blaine Oborn on June 8.…
The investigation report stated that “an infraction on the employment rights of city administrator Blaine Oborn and Emma House has been committed under the Federal, State, and City ordinances and guidelines.” According to the report, “a breach of duty of an elected official took place.”
They Said It
In a statement from Mayor Bob Severns, he said that the city attorney was involved in the investigation to confirm that legal requirements were met objectively and Barrera did not provide updates or involve House or Oborn during the investigative process. Severns said that conducting the investigation internally decreased the costs and past outside investigations cost the city around $20,000. Severns said the city council still has the power to decide to conduct an external investigation.
Munns had previously stated there was a conflict of interest with the city’s human resources department conducting the investigation due to the fact that the department’s director, Emma House, was also included in the alleged threat.
In the report, Oborn was quoted as saying that former Public Works Director Cathy Rosen was the only person he thought would threaten him at the memorial service, and that after his conversation with Munns, he was “worried for his job and safety.”
