Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 23:48:52 GMT -6
Dalrymple staffer gives back part of retention bonus after leaving job early
Back in November there was some controversy over Governor Jack Dalrymple handing out nearly $100,000 in bonuses to members of his staff.
The governor’s office defended the bonuses by pointing out that they were covered by existing appropriations. Lawmakers did not appropriate more dollars to the governor’s budget to pay for them. Also, it was argued that the bonuses were necessary to retain staff during Dalrymple’s final months in office after announcing that he wouldn’t be seeking another term.
“The rational is the governor is focused on seeing through some important objectives. To do so it’s important to retain the needed expertise of the staff that’s in place versus finding new and qualified staff for a job that has an expiration date,” Dalrymple spokesman Jeff Zent told me in November, also pointing out that there was a claw back provision in the bonuses for employees leaving early.
That has happened now. A staffer who got one of the largest bonuses is moving on early. Earlier this month the Bismarck Public Schools Foundation hired Kayla Effertz Kleven who had been serving as a senior policy adviser to Dalrymple.
Read more: www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/dalrymple-staffer-gives-back-part-retention-bonus-leaving-job-early/
Back in November there was some controversy over Governor Jack Dalrymple handing out nearly $100,000 in bonuses to members of his staff.
The governor’s office defended the bonuses by pointing out that they were covered by existing appropriations. Lawmakers did not appropriate more dollars to the governor’s budget to pay for them. Also, it was argued that the bonuses were necessary to retain staff during Dalrymple’s final months in office after announcing that he wouldn’t be seeking another term.
“The rational is the governor is focused on seeing through some important objectives. To do so it’s important to retain the needed expertise of the staff that’s in place versus finding new and qualified staff for a job that has an expiration date,” Dalrymple spokesman Jeff Zent told me in November, also pointing out that there was a claw back provision in the bonuses for employees leaving early.
That has happened now. A staffer who got one of the largest bonuses is moving on early. Earlier this month the Bismarck Public Schools Foundation hired Kayla Effertz Kleven who had been serving as a senior policy adviser to Dalrymple.
Read more: www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/dalrymple-staffer-gives-back-part-retention-bonus-leaving-job-early/