An I-Team investigation of a school district employee has prompted the district to take action.
Intrusion Alarm Supervisor Bill Wiseman first came to the I-Team's attention in district surveillance video. It showed him taking district property, some of which he admits he used in his home security system.
After digging even deeper, it was discovered that Wiseman was almost doubling his income with call-back and overtime pay -- some $56,000 worth last year alone according to district records, on top of Wiseman's $75,000 salary.
See a graphic of Wiseman's overtime and call outs
The district explained previously that Wiseman was the only department employee to respond after hours at a cost of three hours per call. That meant on multiple occasions Wiseman received nine hours of pay for answering the phone three times.
The district says in May it developed a more efficient procedure and Wiseman is no longer on call. Also, according to the district, it pre-approved two hours of overtime nearly everyday for Wiseman.
As of December 1, 2008, that too has changed. He now works a regular eight hour shift.
"Of course, every time you have something like that, you're going to ask where else is that happening. I hope that the school district will be able to share that information so that we have confidence that maybe it's an isolated situation. And I would hope that would be the case," said Assemblyman Mo Dennis.
Because it's not clear whether Wiseman's overtime and call-out pay is the exception or the rule in the security systems department, the I-Team has asked to review the records of those employees. We're told it will cost us at least $600 to do so. That pays for 18 hours of support staff time and two hours of administrative time to pull the records and redact any personal information.
The man responsible for that decision is Jeff Levering, the head of the security systems department. His phone number is 799-1046. His office refused to give us his email address.
It was discovered that Wiseman was almost doubling his income with call-back and overtime pay.
Intrusion Alarm Supervisor Bill Wiseman first came to the I-Team's attention in district surveillance video.
