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Milwaukee commission upholds discharge of DPW equipment operator after time-sheet dispute
Summary
The City of Milwaukee Board of City Service Commissioners found cause to discipline and sustained the December 2024 discharge of Department of Public Works equipment operator Jesse Tatum after testimony and a department analysis comparing scan-in logs to submitted time sheets.
The Board of City Service Commissioners on April 28 upheld the City of Milwaukee's December 2024 discharge of Department of Public Works equipment operator Jesse Tatum, voting that the department had cause to discipline him and then voting to sustain the department's decision.
The commission sustained the department's case after hearing testimony and reviewing exhibits in a formal appeal hearing. The department presented an analysis it said showed multiple incidents in which Tatum's submitted time sheets did not match electronic scan-in/scan-out logs. Adam Lopez, lead operations supervisor for fleet operations, testified he prepared an analysis comparing electronic scan reports to Tatum's time sheets and concluded there were repeated discrepancies between August 2 and Sept. 30, 2024. "That's what it revealed, that Mister Tatum, on 08/02 worked 8.2 hours, but he claimed 9 hours of work," Lopez testified. He estimated the number of discrepant days at about…
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