Former Assessor’s Office Employee Gets $25,000 Settlement

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Amy McCoy an employee who was fired from here job in the Vanderburgh Assessor’s office by former Assessor and Evansville City Council Elect Jonathan Weaver for allegedly refusing to work on behalf of his re-election campaign on a scheduled day off has settled her case for $25,000.

Vanderburgh County officials have not admitted to all of the claims made by Ms. McCoy but have acknowledged that her termination did violate the terms of the Vanderburgh County Employees Handbook. Another employee who was fired the same day as Ms. McCoy was hired back into the Assessor’s Office.

The $25,000 is expected to come from taxpayer funds.

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  2. Out of all the candidates that were elected, he is the one that I’m most disappointed about. What a d**che.

  3. I tell you what, with Evansville voter’s track record… Not even, Linda Durham, should rule out political victories in the future.

    • Amen. So much for the critical thinking skills our voters acquired in the local public schools, their memory of past behavior of candidates and the persistent quick, straight ticket voting. Voting weeks before election day also eliminates a lot of information about the candidates that comes out as campaigns heat up near the end.

      Isn’t it interesting that this claim was not settled BEFORE the election? More election strategy? It reminds me of how Weaver released the reassessment of one acre homesites in the county right AFTER he lost the Assessors job. He raised the assessments as much as $16,000 on the one acre lots that used to be required to build a home with a septic system in the county. Today 2.5 acres are required to install a private septic system.

      And the games go on………..

  4. Can the County or Indiana Attorney General sue Mr. Weaver to recover the $25,000? Seems like he should be paying the settlement for what he did.

  5. For those of you who are on this crazy ladys side…obviously do not know anything about Ms McCoy or why she was really fired. Any boss who has respect for himself and his loyal hard working employees, would not let someone like her keep their job. She is rude, hateful, condescending, disrespectful, and a know it all who thought herself to be above everyone else. People should be angry and appalled at their money going toward this hugh lie. On a side note…when you get a job in a political office, no matter what your party, you should be aware that supporting your boss at the time is a good idea. If you want and care about your job, why wouldnt you be supportive and helpful. If not, at least respectful. I know not everyone in that office helped work the polls that day, but they we NOT fired….which is why the conclusion is: McCoy was not a good employee, therefore got what she deserved…just like anyone who treated their boss and other employees would. But for some reason this liar is getting rewarded now…$25,000….that is not deserved to her at all. Our system is completly backywards and it is such a shame!!!!!

    • A couple things that stand out, I doubt anyone here on the CCO is taking up for Ms McCoy but rather would be more apt to be against her former employer Mr Weaver who has shown to be lacking in character.

      The other thing is patronage, as you say if you work for a politician you should be aware that support is a prerequisite to holding the job in that office, this is a area I have a problem with because it breeds all sorts of nasty things like preferential treatment of a given employee over another because of patronage.

      Actually there are laws against such practices, demands put on a employee above and beyond the scope of their job classification and retaliation for not supporting a politician or party while holding a city job is pure suicide for both the employer and employee.

      I’m not at all happy with paying Ms McCoy $25k, but just who was in the wrong here? apparently the city and Mr Weaver were found to be at fault, my solution would be for Mr Weaver to cough up the $25k to pay for his mistake, right or wrong if she was a problem employee she should have been removed from the job the correct way according the city policies, but then this is just another case where someone’s ego got in the way or maybe two big egos clashed, either way the taxpayers are out $25k.

      JMHO

      • No one at the CCO has ever met Ms. McCoy. We choose to concentrate our coverage mainly on local government. Anytime a local government employee gets a settlement check of any kind it is worthy of reporting for this publication. It is not about her or Councilman Elect Weaver. The news here is that an employee of the Vanderburgh Assessor’s Office got a check for $25,000 because the employee manual was not followed by the Assessor.

      • blanger, I am taking up for Ms. McCoy. She lost her job because she wouldn’t work (for free) on her off day ? You correctly noted that there are laws against “patronage”. What happened to Ms. McCo is not right, either ethically, legally or morally. I am happy she got the money, wish she had gotten more, and hope this teaches a lesson to these bush-league local politicians who believe they are above the law. Good luck in your next work experience, Ms. McCoy. Blanger, no offense, really like your posts, just don’t see this in the same light.

        • Biscuit, No problem….no offense taken.

          I’m sure there is much more to the story that I haven’t been privy to, but given what I know about Mr Weaver nothing would surprise me.

          JMHO

    • the character traits you attribute to Ms McCoy are shared by Jonathan (Charlie) weaver. I gleaned that from dealings with Charlie at the Assessor’s office.

      I would like to thank all of the straight ticket voters for giving us a Linda Durham without a likeable personality.

      Name one county official who likes Charlie.

  6. Only $25,000??? Should have been at least a $100,000 with a large chunck coming from Weaver’s hide.

  8. If Ms. McCoy was lacking in customer services skills, she should have been fired for that reason, not because she refused to work on a scheduled day off. Unscrupulous to say the least.

    Unfortunately employers can get away with many reasons for firing in Indiana, but kudos to Ms. McCoy for standing up for her employment rights.I am not happy that taxpayer funds will support this financial award, but I am happy that someone like Weaver did not get away with illegal termination. Too bad the money won’t come out of his pocket.

  9. There are many more things about Weaver that are going to start coming out. I promise. I am digging around now. Has anyone ever resigned his or her office before being sworn in? He might have no other choice when I am done with this twerp.

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