The HR Director should be relieved of her job. She hires on a disparate basis (the board is putting itself at serious risk here). Her record speaks for itself. She has a preference toward her religion. Additionally, she is not well liked for her terse attitude and course nature toward employees.

The Board oversteps its bounds by “micro managing” the operation, clearly not their prerogative.

Mr. Skeel’s professionalism is what attracted the board. Now they are protecting the HR manager for some unknown reason. They are clearly, intentionally misstating the nature of this discord. I for one don’t want to pay Mr. Skeel’s income for the rest of his working life while he lives elsewhere, working for someone else. And I don’t believe he wants that either. But if the Board pushes this the wrong way, I’ll guarantee you it is exactly what will happen.

This issue needs further scrutiny by this paper. We citizens of El Dorado Hills are again being held hostage by the capricious nature of this

Board’s cronyism and convoluted reasoning.

I urge as many residents as possible attend this meeting on August 23rd at 6:30 @ CSD on Harvard Way…just follow the throng…hope you get a parking spot close to the building. This is better than “Who Shot JR”.

And I know someone who ISN’T going to be reelected next time out!

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“Over the past several weeks a lot of misinformation/conjecture has been floating around our community regarding the cost to taxpayers of resolving the issue facing the CSD and Mr. Skeel. I cannot emphasize enough that the decisions made by this board have all been made with great emphasis on limiting taxpayer liabilities and costs.

First, while we conducted a national search we did so in an economical manner. Had we hired a professional headhunter it would have cost the district between $40,000 and $75,000 as they charge a percentage of the first year’s total compensation package. We chose to use our HR manager who has had extensive experience hiring executives for a Fortune 500 company. The total cost to the district for this search was $8,218.64. This number is inclusive of the trips to bring our top candidate out to meet the employees and a trip to Evergreen. Additionally, we had a professional panel of highly respected industry executives who donated their time to interview the top candidates.

Second, inflated figures have been shared with the public as to what the district could potentially owe Mr. Skeel. CA state law says that we could be liable for 18 months of his contract, not the 2 and one half years or $375,000-$500,000 being quoted. Additionally, we are bound by the Constitution which affords all public employees due process when being terminated. During this process we are mandated to pay public employees their salaries. Our district is committed to living up to our Constitutional and statutorily mandated duties in providing a fair and unbiased due process.

Third, the public has been misinformed about the potential legal costs of our decision. The district has a flat rate annual contract with our counsel, Thurbon & McHaney. Thurbon & McHaney will receive the same amount of money whether they work 500 hours or 5,000 hours for us.

Fourth, the $9,000+ moving expenses reimbursed to Mr. Skeel is a condition of his existing contract. If the contract is terminated within one year, the full $9,000+ requires full reimbursement payable to the district.”