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Mount Clemens resident tells commission he was fired after reporting improper tire handling at wastewater plant
Summary
During public comment, Deshaun O'Neal alleged he reported improper handling and disposal of tires at the Mount Clemens wastewater treatment plant and was later terminated; he named City Manager Shipman and HR Director Kevin Donaldson as having seen the issue. City officials provided no immediate administrative response.
Deshaun O'Neal, a Mount Clemens resident, told the city commission in public comment that he was fired after raising concerns about the handling of tires at the city's wastewater treatment plant. "They fired me," O'Neal said, adding he had reported the issue to City Manager Shipman and that Human Resources Director Kevin Donaldson "personally and physically came down there and saw the tire."
O'Neal told the commission he had worked at the wastewater plant for eight years and said he had a previously unblemished record before being disciplined and ultimately terminated after repeatedly raising the tire concern. He alleged the chief operator had failed licensing requirements and that staff were clocking out early on Saturdays. He said he had been written up multiple times after reporting the issue.
The claim was raised during the meeting's public comment period; the administrative responses slot on the agenda produced no immediate reply from Mr. Shipman or other staff at that time. The commission did not take any formal action on the allegation during the meeting.
The commission's administrative-responses item following public comment listed no staff response on the record. The matter, as presented to the commission, remains an unaddressed personnel and operational allegation pending any subsequent staff follow-up or investigation.
