Towns County Fire Corps

Effective March 1, 2013, I hereby resign my position as Vice President of the Towns County Fire Corps. I wanted to briefly discuss my decision to resign with the board and members of the public to make absolutely sure the record is clear. In June 2012, Fire Chief Mitch Floyd issued a mandate to the new incoming board. That mandate was two-fold, fir... st, to better observe corporate formalities (some of which are required by State and Federal Law in order to maintain the exempt status of a Non-Profit Organization), and second, to expand the membership and in particular to increase the meaningful mind and management (decision making) of the board to include input from an active and participatory membership. Chief Floyd then issued a Memo to the Board in July 2012 listing certain priorities and needs of the Towns County Fire Rescue Department, the ultimate beneficiary of the Towns County Fire Corps. At that time, the Board had agreed to hold a strategy meeting and develop a plan in accordance with the request of Chief Floyd. To date, that meeting and plan agreed to by the board has not taken place (at least not since my last active involvement with the board in November 2012). While I was active with the board, I observed the following irregularities most of which were committed under the unilateral direction of President Ordiales and rubber stamped by the remaining board members (with the exception of past member Dewaine Olson and recent member Buddy Sumner): No or Improper Board voting for example, failing to hold a formal vote on the resignation of Dewaine Olson (Secretary/Treasurer); Failure to appoint a financial controller or Treasurer with sufficient accounting background in a reasonable amount of time; Board meeting minutes were inaccurate, incomplete, altered and manipulated to change the record not reflective of the truth; Board member expenditures were approved arbitrarily and with no impartiality, in accordance with no clear and consistent policy. In one case, retroactive policies were applied to a ...Read More