February 16, 2024
This morning Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler posted a video on Facebook, about Sheriff Jim Allard and the sheriff’s lawsuit against the county, over paying for his own liability insurance. In the video, Wheeler stated the following:
Only the sheriff has had his liability insurance removed. No deputies have lost their liability insurance.
17 of the about three dozen lawsuits against the county, were lawsuits filed against the sheriff.
The insurance company representing the county says the deductible has gone from $500,000 to $750,000 for each potential claim.
The sheriff paid a loan worth thousands of dollars, without county authorization.
The sheriff violated county policy by investigating his own department’s personnel issues.
The sheriff made false claims about county executive sessions.
The sheriff wants lawmakers to talk about executive sessions which were confidential discussions.
Click here to see Wheeler’s Video on Facebook.
If you don’t have Facebook, please click here to listen to the audio of County Manager Wheeler.
Steuben County Legislative Chairperson Kelly Fitzpatrick says the following:
“The video released by county Manager Jack Wheeler is within his authority as director of county operations. The video does not speak for the Steuben County Legislature and was not approved by the county legislature.”
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Wlea has recieved Sheiff Jim Allard’s response:
“The manager’s statement is confusing and misinformed. It is unfortunate that as we try to move forward with a funcational government that the manager still feels the need to issue a statement on something that could have been solved months ago. I encourage our taxpayers to look into the amount of money that the county administration has spent mischaracterizing the issues to the public.”
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