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Resident alleges improper pay increase for city employee during Providence budget hearing
Summary
During the public comment period of the Providence Finance Committee’s June 30 meeting, a resident alleged the city improperly raised the salary and created a job title for a city employee identified as Tina Mastriani, claiming the raise exceeded a legal salary cap.
During the public comment period of the Providence Finance Committee’s June 30 meeting, resident and former city clerk Sean Selick alleged that city officials approved an improper pay increase and a fabricated job title for a city employee identified in testimony as Tina Mastriani.
Selick said an internal human-resources document “officially lists the person overseeing the stenographers documenting these proceedings with the title, acting director of legislative policy in city treasury, hyphen, city clerk,” and called the title “fabricated.” He further alleged the employee’s salary was set at $143,460, which he said exceeded a legal cap of “about $130,000” and that the increase had not been approved by the Salary Review…
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