EMERGENCY SHELTERS OPEN ON
HIGHWAY 13 FOR THOSE WORRIED
ABOUT THE FLOODING.
MEANWHILE, VIRGINIA BEACH CITY
COUNCIL COULD SOON CREATE A
PROCESS TO GIVE CITY EMPLOYEES A
CHANCE TO FILE GRIEVANCES
AGAINST A HIGH-RANKING LEADER.
TOM: THIS COMES AFTER WE BROUGHT
YOU THE STORY BETWEEN A
CONFRONTATION OF CITY MANAGER
DAVE HANSEN AND A PATROL
OFFICER.
THIS IS ON TOP OF THE
FOLLOW-UP
FROM CITY HALL.
JASON, BRING US UP TO SPEED.
JASON: THEY
COULD HAVE HANDLED
THE SITUATION BETTER LAST MONTH.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE 10 ON YOUR
SIDE HAS OBTAINED AN AUDIO
RECORDING OF THE APOLOGY BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS.
FROM THE RECORDING, NEW CONCERNS
ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER'S
ACTIONS.
WHAT STARTED WITH A
CONFRONTATION AT A VIRGINIA
BEACH WORK ZONE COULD END AT
CITY HALL, WITH A NEW GRIEVANCE
PROCESS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
IT WAS DISAPPOINTING AND
SURPRISING.
REPORTER: THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION IS ASKING THE CITY
COUNCIL TO MAKE CHANGES, AFTER
CITY MANAGER DAVE HANSEN'S
DEALING WITH A PATROL OFFICER
LAST MONTH.
OFFICERS ARE HELD TO A VERY
HIGH STANDARD INTEGRITY WISE, AS
WELL THEY SHOULD BE.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD HOLD
TRUE FOR ELECTED OR APPOINTED
OFFICIALS.
REPORTER: AUGUST 6, CREWS
REPAINTING A PORTION OF THE
ROAD.
BY WORKERS TO SHUT THE ROAD
DOWN.
MINUTES LATER, HE PULLED UP ON
THE SCENE AND NOT LIKE WHAT HE
WAS SEEING.
HE ORDERED HIM TO OPEN UP
TRAFFIC.
STEELE SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS
GETTING BERATED BY HANSEN,
AND
HANSEN SAID HE CANNOT GET THE
JOB DONE, HE CAN FIND SOME GOOD.
HE PUT UP THIS MEMO TWO DAYS
LATER THE CITY COUNCIL, AND HIS
OFFICE SAID TO 10 ON YOUR SIDE.
THE RESPONSE WAS UNSATISFACTORY,
SO HE MAY BE ON THE SPOT
CORRECTION.
I WISH THE ADMINISTRATION HAD
MET WITH ME.
REPORTER: THE MAYOR SAYS HE HAD
NO REASON TO QUESTION THE
MANAGER'S EXPLANATION.
A WEEK LATER, THE OFFICER AND
HANSEN MET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
HANSEN HAD A FAR DIFFERENT TONE
FROM WHAT HE WROTE IN THE
LETTER.
I WAS RUDE, AND
PROBABLY MOST
DISCOURTEOUS TO YOU, AND I JUST
WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
REPORTER: THE 28 MINUTE
CONVERSATION BETWEEN STEELE AND
HANSEN WAS RECORDED.
IT WAS QUARTER.
STEELE BROUGHT OF THE MEMO.
THE QUESTION HIS INTEGRITY.
AND THE ASKED HOW WAVY GOT A
COPY.
IF YOU RELEASE THIS TO WAVY?
NO, THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL
DOCUMENT.
IN A CLOSED
SCENARIO, AND WHO
RELEASES IT?
THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT LIKE
TO STIR THE POT.
IF YOU THINK ALL COUNCILMEMBERS,
SOME OF WHICH ARE RUNNING FOR
ELECTION, SOME OF THEM DO NOT
WANT THEM REELECTED, AND I AM
NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOSSES.
I DEAL WITH THEM.
REPORTER: IN FACT, IT WAS NOT
COUNSEL DELETE THE MEMO.
HANSEN ASKED THE COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT TO SEND IT TO US.
I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
INADVERTENT JUDGMENT, HE
FALSELY
QUOTED THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
REPORTER: WE BROUGHT THE
REPORTING TO THE MAYOR, AND ASK
FOR HIS RESPONSE.
HE WAS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
THAT COMMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN MADE.
I THINK IT CONFIRMS THE CITY
COUNCIL AS A BODY SHOULD FULLY
INVESTIGATE WHAT TOOK PLACE, AND
DO FACT-FINDING AND THEN MAKE
ITS OWN DETERMINATION.
REPORTER: THE CREATIVE PROCESS,
WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN GO STRAIGHT
TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
GRIEVANCES AGAINST ELECTED OR
ELECTED MEMBERS.
THEY WOULD THEN BE LOOKED INTO.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF VIRGINIA
BEACH DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A
PROCESS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH
EMPLOYEES WHO MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CITY
MANAGER, SO I THINK WE CAN HAVE
A PROCESS.
YES.
I DO NOT ARGUE THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AGREE
THAT EITHER 60-90 DAYS WE WILL
DISCUSS TO SEE WHAT THAT PROCESS
WE WANT.
REPORTER: 10 ON YOUR S
IDE WANT
TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY
MANAGER.
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF
ASKING, HE
AGREED TO TALK.
BUT CANCEL THE MORNING OF THE
INTERVIEW, SAID HE WOULD NOT
COMMENT ON PERSONAL MATTER.
THE MAYOR SAYS THE COUNCIL WILL
DISCUSS THE CITY MANAGER
SITUATION.
AND HE CANNOT TELL ME ABOUT THE