In this file photo, Andrew Lamberto addresses the board of supervisors on December 8, 2014 in San Bernardino.
By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 11/03/15 – 5:18 PM PST |
SAN BERNARDINO >> Greg Devereaux, the chief executive officer of San Bernardino County, offered a public apology to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, referring to his decision to not immediately inform the county’s elected leaders that his human resources director, Andrew Lamberto, had been arrested and pleaded guilty to agreeing to engage in prostitution.
The board directed Devereaux to work with the county’s attorneys to draft by Dec. 15 a policy for the board’s public consideration that would prevent a repeat of a similar situation.
Lamberto was cited on a misdemeanor charge on March 30 and informed Devereaux soon after.
Devereaux said in a statement that he had provided “significant discipline” to Lamberto in response. On Aug. 18, according to court records, Lamberto pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 days of CalTrans work in lieu of jail, three years of informal probation, and submitting to AIDS testing and education.
“Mr. chairman, members of the board, I would like to apologize publicly to every one of you, the county employees and the people of the county, for the way I handled the situation involving the county’s director of human resources,” Devereaux said. “I realize I put the board in a terrible, difficult situation. We have made great progress in creating a stigma-free work environment. It has been many years since our employees, which have won state and national awards for their innovative approach to public service, have had to endure an incident that reflects poorly on the organization.”
County Board Chairman James Ramos expressed disappointment that the board was not informed earlier about Lamberto.
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They should both be fired. The voters will remember this.
His statement to the board is so much bullshit. Stigma free my ass. His awards back up what? He is a bigger idiot than I originally thought.
Deveraux is a dirtbag scumball who should never have been hired in the first place. Thanks to Ovitt the Idiot the taxpayers are stuck with this obscenely paid dirtbag. The BOS should fire this scumbag and the pervert degenerate HR director as well.
Are HR Director Lameberto and the CAO turned CEO claiming they’re sorry because THE DEVIL MADE THEM DO IT?
Likely enough story, like claiming the situation is OUT OF YOUR CONROL… yeah like out of the control of the Board of Stups!
The General Public incl. the public employees unions R calling BS this time on the BOS, time for a twofer on this one… can anyone else hear that deafening CALL FOR RESIGNATIONS aka early retirement for both of these bureaucratic clowns??
Devereaux has shown that he is not God and can make poor judgements like any man. He should be moved back to an at will employee. The discipline Devereaux gave Lamberto should be known. Lamberto should be kept as long as the Board of Supervisers are willing that anyone who has dealings with Lamberto will look him in the face knowing who he is, and the Board will be comfortable knowing that that is what San Bernardino County is all about.
Deveraux and lamberto should be fired.
Hey little Stevie Stupid… Maybe you should apply for one of their jobs. Since you can’t seem to get one