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DCP investigator reports two assurances of voluntary compliance totaling $3,500; most site inspections found no violations
Summary
Supervising Special Investigator Hamill reported two new complaints and four closed complaints for May 1–June 30, 2025, including two assurances of voluntary compliance totaling $3,500 and multiple site inspections that found no violations.
Supervising Special Investigator Hamill delivered the Department of Consumer Protection’s investigation-division status report for the period May 1 through June 30, 2025.
Hamill told the boards the department received two new complaints during that timeframe and closed four complaints. Three closures resulted from site inspections; two site-inspection closures found no violations and two closed matters resulted in assurances of voluntary compliance. Hamill said the two assurances of voluntary compliance (AVCs) produced civil forfeitures totaling $3,500 — $1,000 for a complaint against Michael Simons and $2,500 from a site-inspection matter involving Marcio Oliveira. "For the first... for the complaint... was a $1,000, sir," Hamill said; he later identified the site-inspection respondent as Marcio Oliveira and the inspection-based AVC amount as $2,500.
Hamill said settlement agreements and other formal settlements are handled by the legal division and that legal provides final resolutions and reports back to the board. When board members asked for contractor or business names tied to the respondents, Hamill said the department’s current report format and available agenda packet did not list company names and that IT reports do not always surface the business name on the summary report.
Board members asked about joint inspections and enforcement. Hamill said DCP continues to perform random site inspections and to conduct joint inspections with the Department of Labor and other enforcement partners, including wage and workplace standards and occupational licensing enforcement teams.
No disciplinary vote or board action on the cases was taken during the meeting; board members requested that the legal division present the settlement report at the next meeting.
Ending
Board staff noted legal settlements are prepared by the legal division and will be placed on the next meeting agenda for further elaboration. The investigator closed the report by wishing the board a good holiday.
