Two Full Time Jobs Nets Detroit Official $273,750

DonGlock26 · Jan 11, 2013

Detroit Water's security chief Barnett Jones resigns 2nd job in Flint amid questions

3:40 PM, January 10, 2013

lints administrator of public safety resigned this morning after the Free Press raised questions about how he could work there while also working as the head of security for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Barnett Jones, a longtime lawman in southeast Michigan, was earning $273,750 at the two jobs, which are almost 70 miles apart. He had been working both since May.

But after the Free Press made inquiries this week, Jones met today with Flint City Administrator Michael Brown and Emergency Financial Manager Edward Kurtz to offer his resignation, Brown said.

We didnt know that he was working at Detroit water and sewer, Brown said this morning. We figured that out yesterday when you called. Thats the long and the short of it.

Jones was paid $135,000 a year by Flint and receives another $138,750 from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. His combined public pay topped that of members of Congress, senators, Supreme Court justices and even Vice President Joe Biden.

Jones told the Free Press on Wednesday that he was doing justice to both jobs.

Absolutely, Jones said. There are some days I go to both, some days I go to one. Sometimes I leave out at 8, 9, 10 oclock at night, Saturdays. Im a workaholic.

He didnt immediately return a call today seeking comment on his resignation.

On April 20, Brown who was Flints emergency manager at the time approved a three-year contract paying Jones $135,000 with limited fringe benefits, according to the resolution. The contract began April 23 and expires April 23, 2015.

On April 25, Detroit Water Department Director Sue McCormick informed the Detroit Board of Water Commissioners that the department had chosen Jones as chief security and integrity officer, adding he would join the team April 30. However, Detroit water officials said Jones wasnt formerly hired until May 14.

Barnett Jones comes to us with extensive experience in security, emergency management and a distinguished career in law enforcement, including internal affairs, McCormick informed water commissioners in a report.

McCormick and Jones worked together in Ann Arbor, where she was administrator of public services and he was director of public safety. McCormick said Jones told her about his work in Flint after joining the water department, but she understood it to be on an as-needed basis, not full-time.

If hes doing that, youve got a gentleman whos burning the candle at both ends, McCormick told the Free Press.

McCormick said Jones work for the water department has been exemplary.

He was out patrolling with us on Angels Night, hes made midnight visits to the Port Huron facility to meet with his security officers there, McCormick said. Ive seen no lack of his on-duty performance to the job.

Brown commended Jones work in Flint as well, saying he helped with several projects in a city that saw 66 murders in 2012, giving it one of the highest per-capita murder rates in the country.

He did a great job for us, Brown said.

Still, Brown said he was shocked to learn that Jones was working in Detroits water department. He said he considered that a conflict because Flint is in contract negotiations with Detroit over water service.

I was surprised and to be honest, disappointed, Brown said. I had been the emergency manager at the time. I would have liked to have known then.

Brown said city officials had been discussing in recent weeks transitioning Jones into a consultant role, but nothing had been finalized.

Well be open to utilizing him as a consultant, Brown said.

On Wednesday, Jones described himself as kind of a consultant up in Flint, but said he spent at least 40 hours a week on the job there, including nights and weekends.

I came on board, they gave me a fancy title, he said. I help with the public safety plan to make some progress with the emergency manager.

Jones said he took the job thinking it would be short-term due to the November ballot question concerning emergency managers. For that reason, he said, he thought maybe Id go ahead and start with (the water department) so Id hit the ground running.

Jones admitted the Flint job lasted longer than he anticipated, despite the three-year contract, and said he wanted to finish hiring some new police officers.

At the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Jones oversees the security of the system a network of facilities, pumps and pipes stretching from Lake Huron to Monroe and as far west as Ypsilanti.

One of the things there is to oversee the transition of their safety and security to a more professional operation, Jones said. The integrity portion, one of the things you do over there, is internal affairs.

Jones spent 18 years with the Oakland County Sheriffs Office, rising to the rank of captain before leaving in 2000 to become Sterling Heights police chief. He worked there for six years before being named police chief in Ann Arbor.

Jones acknowledged some people could be skeptical of his ability to do both jobs simultaneously, but said Wednesday he works hard and is committed to making a difference in both Detroit and Flint.

I cant say no to people, he said.

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The system is collapsing, so people like this or congressmen are looting before the fall. Congress is full of people like this. It's time to reject the Left's social revolution and return to accountability in government. This rule by elites will only end in economic ruin.

webrockk · Jan 11, 2013

Resign?

More and more, it appears Bell, California is not an isolated incident,
and is the ultimate result of offering thieves an option to "resign"... or only token slap on the wrist.... after defrauding the public fisc...and trust.

A well placed round would stop this (*)(*)(*)(*) in it's tracks.....but, as I'm obviously a compassionate, "enlightened" and "Forward" thinking fellow, LWOP would be an equally satisfactory solution.

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