HomeMy WebLinkAbout195 RenningerMr. Claude W. Renninger
Business Manager
Bloomsburg Area School District
641 E. 4th Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Re: #83- 06- C(3 -3)
A. Findings'
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
308 FINANCE BUILDING
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17120
ORDER OF THE COMMISSION
March 30, 1983
Order No. 195
Dear Mr. Renninger:
The State Ethics Commission has received a complaint regarding you and a
possible violation of Act 170 of 1978. The Commission has now completed its
investigation. The individual allegations, conclusions, and findings on which
those conclusions are based are as follows:
I. Allegation: That you are guilty of complicity in covering up unethical
acts of David W. Klingerman; that you accepted him as president of the school
board • in the Bloomsburg Area School District without making public the fact
that he or his family own six of the twelve buses used by that district and
allowed Mr. Klingerman to serve as chairman of the transportation committee
-in the -school district.
1. You serve as business manager of the Bloomsburg Area School District and
are a public employee subject to the terms of the Ethics Act.
Claude W. Renninger
March 30, 1983
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2. Article IV, Section 401(a) of the School Code says in part "The school
directors shall meet and organize annually on the second Monday of November:"
Article 4, Section 403 states:
In all school districts of the first class,
the school directors shall effect a
permanent organization by electing a
president and vice - president from their
members, and a secretary who is not a
member. They shall elect a treasurer of
the city constituting such school district
of the first class as a school treasurer
for such school district for the ensuing
fiscal year.
3. A business manager has no authority or responsibility under the School
Code or otherwi'se for the election or appointment df school directors br the
election or appointment of officers or committee chairpersons on the school
board.
Discussion: While you are a public employee under the Act because you have
authority to take or recommend official action, this authority does not
extend to the election of members to the school board, the election of one of
those members as president of the school board, or the appointment or election
of one of the members to chair a committee of the school board.
Conclusion: You have not violated Section 3(a) of the Ethics Act and the
Commission will take no further action on this matter. Our files in this case
will remain confidential in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Ethics Act, 65
P.S. 408(a). However, this Order is final and will be made available as a
public document 15 days after service unless you file documentation with the
Commission which justifies reconsideration and /or challenges pertinent factual
findings. See 51 Pa. Code 2,38. During this 15 -day period, no one, including
the Respondent unless he waives his right to challenge this Order, may violate
this confidentiality by releasing, discussing or circulating this Order.
Claude W. Renninger
March 30, 1983
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Any person who violates the confidentiality of a Commission proceeding
is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1000 or
imprisoned for not more than one year or both, see 65 P.S. 409(e).
Sincerely,
r
\ —Paul J. Sm`
Chairman
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