INVESTIGATORS EXCLUSIVE A HIGH
PAID NORTH PROVIDENCE TOWN
EMPLOYEE COLLECTING TO
SALARIES AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
YES, I AM COMPENSATION US. I
AM I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE
AND MAKE EXCUSES.
>> DEVIATE FROM MY OF
MANAGEMENT. NORTH PROVIDENCE
MAYOR CHARLES LOMBARDI
DEFENDED THE SITUATION SAYING
MARIA VALLEYS DUAL ROLE HAS
BEEN GOOD FOR NORTH
PROVIDENCE. A TARGET 12
DISCOVERED THE UNUSUAL
ARRANGEMENT MAY VIOLATE TOWN
LAW.
>> TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR TIM
WHITE IS HERE NOW WITH THE
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS.
>> PAYROLL RECORDS. WE
OBTAINED SHOW FINANCE DIRECTOR
PAYCHECK HAS BEEN A CONVOLUTED
PATCHWORK 4 YEARS INVOLVING 2
SALARIES ALONG JEOPARDY BUMP
AND A ONE-TIME PAYOUT FROM A
UNION SETTLEMENT. NORTH
PROVIDENCE TOWN EMPLOYEE MARIA
VALLEY HAS BEEN WEARING 2 HATS
AND GETTING PAID FOR BOTH ONE
IS TOWN CONTROLLER IN ONE AS
FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL
YEARS. ACCORDING TO RECORDS,
SHE'S PERMANENT TOWN FINANCE
DIRECTOR. ALSO THE CONTROLLER.
YOU HAVE NO PLANS TO.
>> FILL THE OTHER POSITION
NOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND I DID
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THE
TAXPAYERS MAYOR CHARLES
LOMBARDI SAYS VALLEY HAS PUT
THE TOWN IN STRONG FINANCIAL
SHAPE AND ARGUES PAYING 2
PEOPLE WOULD COST MORE IN THE
END, A TARGET 12 REVIEW OF
ALLEYS COMPENSATION SHOWS HER
TAKE HOME PAY HAS SOARED FROM
AS LOW AS $88,000 IN 2000. 16
ALL THE WAY TO $181,000 LAST
YEAR DESPITE THE FACT HER
POSITION AS CONTROLLER IS
LISTED IN BUDGET DOCUMENTS IS
PAYING ONLY $65,000 SOMEBODY
SAYS TWENTY-TWENTY WAS A ONE
OFF BECAUSE ONE OF HER 2 JOBS.
THE CONTROLLER IS IN THE
UNION. THE TOWN REACHED A
SETTLEMENT WITH THAT UNION
TRIGGERING A $33,000 PAYOUT TO
VALLEY. BY THE WAY.
>> THERE'S NOT ONE EVENING HIT
THEM. YOU COULD COME HERE THAT
SHE'S NOT HERE IN TO LIKE 5,
5.30. SO SHE GETS THE JOB
DONE. AND BY THE WAY, BASED ON
THE FINANCES OF THE TOWN AND
WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY.
I'M OKAY WITH IT. ALL. A LOT
OF US WORK UNTIL 5, A 5.30
LISTEN. I START AT 05:30AM IN
THE MORNING. OKAY. SO WHY
WOULD SHE HAVE A DIFFERENT
STANDARD THAN OTHER EMPLOYEES
THAT WORKED VERY HARD FOR YOU.
>> I THINK SHE DOES A GREAT
JOB. THE ISSUE CAME UP AT A
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING LAST MAY
WHEN A COUNCILMAN ASKED VALLEY
IF SHE WAS TAKING HOME PAY FOR
2 POSITIONS.
>> THE NORTH PROVIDENCE TOWN.
CHARTER SAYS NO PERSON SHALL
HOLD MORE THAN ONE POSITION IN
TOWN GOVERNMENT. BUT IF SO,
THEY SHOULD ONLY BE
COMPENSATED FOR THE
HIGHEST-PAYING POSITION IS IS
UP TO CHECK THAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE
TO CHECK THAT THIS IS A LOT OF
MONEY. SHE HAS TO BE ONE OF
THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES IN
THIS TOWN. SHE IS. SHE IS. SHE
MAKES MORE THAN ME. VALLEY
DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST
SAYING SHE FELT TARGETED IN AN
E-MAIL. SHE SAYS HER CURRENT
SALARY IS $133,000 A YEAR PLUS
LONGEVITY.
>> MAYOR LOMBARDI CALLED ME
AFTER OUR INTERVIEW TO SAY HE
SPOKE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO
WORK ON MAKING VALLEY JUST TO
THE FINANCE DIRECTOR MOVING
FORWARD. NEW AT 6.
>> WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
BALLY'S RECORD WHILE WORKING
FATHER BOTH DIED FROM COVID IN
THE LAST 2 WEEKS, HE WILL BE
BURIED IN HIS FAMILY'S 2 MEN