Volume 16, Issue 16 - Jan. 14, 1994

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AHECFires Three Parking Employees

Action on the Court, Not in the Stands

Antoinette Vecchio NEWS EDITOR

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Three Auraria Higher Education Center parking employees were fired after an investigation into missing parking funds concluded last week. According to AHEC's financial records, $133,634 in debit card revenue is unaccounted for from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1993. The records show more money was taken off debit cards at parking lot exit machines than was added to debit cards at machines in campus buildings. Value is added on to debit cards at three machines on campus. The value is taken off the cards at specific parking lot exit machines. Field supervisors Nancy Evans and David Christner were fired for "failure to follow procedures and failure to do the job duties as required," said JoAnn Soker, executive vice president for Administration. Daytime coordinator and hut attendant Art Kelso was fired for "willful misconduct," according to a letter he received from Dean Wolf, vice president for operations for AHEC. 路 Kelso said he is in the process of filing a complaint with the State Personnel Board about his firing. Kelso said he is not certain what AHEC means by willful misconduct and denies any involvement in the disappearance of parking funds. Evans and Christner could not be reached for com"' ment. Soker said no criminal charges will be filed against any of the fired employees, and the employees are not being accused of theft. Chief Deputy District Attorney Rich Keenan said it is AHEC's decision whether or not to press charges. The state may get involved if it can prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that an individual is guilty of a crime, he said. Auraria Public Safety, which is under the same division as Parking, headed the investigation and conferred with the Denver Police Department and the district attorney's office regarding investigative techniques including video surveillance. Soker said she does not believe the investigation was biased. AHEC expects to be in litigation over the firings and was advised by its attorney not to go into details about the 路 situation, Soker said. At a press conference Wednesday morning, Soker

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The Metropolitan/Jene Raley

Chuck Hancock goes up for a spectacular dunk; but not very many people S$e It. Tfie Roadrunners are once again experlenclng low attendance even though they are playing outstanding basketball this season.


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