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Veteran U.S. senator joins call to investigate Raleigh Housing Authority
By Colin Campbell
ccampbell@newsobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Jan. 10, 2014
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Beam – whose annual compensation has reached as high as $280,000 – has full support from his city-appointed board. He is one of the highest-paid housing directors in the country, and his pay is higher than the managers of Raleigh and Wake County, who oversee much larger budgets and staffs. Beam’s agency manages 5,700 public housing units for low-income residents and has an annual budget of $50 million.
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In the letter to HUD secretary Shaun Donovan, Grassley and Holding demand a series of explanations and documents and set a deadline of Jan. 24 for the agency to respond. The requests include:
• “An explanation for why Mr. Beam is allowed to accumulate up to three weeks of comp time while working less than the standard 40-hour work week.”
• “An explanation for how RHA is deemed a ‘high performer’ when the executive director is away from the office for nearly three months per year.”
• A list of the annual compensation packages for all housing authority employees, including bonuses, vacation and comp time.
• Travel records for all agency employees and board members.
• Documentation detailing Beam’s “use of RHA office equipment to conduct non-RHA business.” The lawmakers took issue with Beam’s posts to an online magic forum during business hours, writing in the letter that the leader “still uses government-funded time to indulge his interest in magic tricks.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/10/4601525/veteran-us-senator-joins-call.html#storylink=cpy
ccampbell@newsobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Jan. 10, 2014
....
Beam – whose annual compensation has reached as high as $280,000 – has full support from his city-appointed board. He is one of the highest-paid housing directors in the country, and his pay is higher than the managers of Raleigh and Wake County, who oversee much larger budgets and staffs. Beam’s agency manages 5,700 public housing units for low-income residents and has an annual budget of $50 million.
....
In the letter to HUD secretary Shaun Donovan, Grassley and Holding demand a series of explanations and documents and set a deadline of Jan. 24 for the agency to respond. The requests include:
• “An explanation for why Mr. Beam is allowed to accumulate up to three weeks of comp time while working less than the standard 40-hour work week.”
• “An explanation for how RHA is deemed a ‘high performer’ when the executive director is away from the office for nearly three months per year.”
• A list of the annual compensation packages for all housing authority employees, including bonuses, vacation and comp time.
• Travel records for all agency employees and board members.
• Documentation detailing Beam’s “use of RHA office equipment to conduct non-RHA business.” The lawmakers took issue with Beam’s posts to an online magic forum during business hours, writing in the letter that the leader “still uses government-funded time to indulge his interest in magic tricks.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/10/4601525/veteran-us-senator-joins-call.html#storylink=cpy