FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 20, 2021
CONTACT INFO. :
Office of the Mayor
Patricia Resende
(401) 529-3207
City’s Administration calls on Council to release findings of an investigation
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva is asking the City Council to release to the public the full report and findings of an investigation by the City’s Assistant Solicitor.
The request comes after allegations by the City Clerk against the Director of Administration and Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Officer were made during the August 17, 2021 City Council meeting.
The Director of Administration was not afforded the opportunity to respond to those allegations during the meeting. Since that time, the City Council instructed the Assistant City Solicitor Dylan Conley to conduct an investigation of the allegations levied by the City Clerk.
“The Administration categorically denies the allegations made by the City Clerk and takes great pride in being responsive and providing a safe, supportive, equal opportunity work environment,” Mayor Bob DaSilva wrote in his September 14, 2021 letter to the Council requesting the report of the findings to be released.
It is the City’s understanding that Assistant Solicitor Conley presented his findings in a written report in executive session on September 7, 2021 as noted on the City Council docket.
To date, the findings of that report have not been provided to the Administration, nor has it been made public.
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