An emergency meeting was called in Mount Dora Thursday to discuss an internal audit regarding city manager Patrick Comiskey.
What You Need To Know
- An emergency Mount Dora City Council meeting was called Thursday to discuss the results of an audit concerning city manager Patrick Comiskey
- Several council members, though, declined to take action, in part because they hadn't been given enough time to read the 67-page audit report
- Mayor Crissy Stile has previously asked Comiskey to resign, and has blamed him for the high turnover rate of city employees
Comiskey has been under fire recently from Mayor Crissy Stile for what she has deemed poor job performance on his part.
“I am talking about disrespect for our employees, I am talking about uninformed decisions, poor decisions — I’m talking about not being engaged with what is happening within this city, and all around unprofessional nature of our city manager," Stile said during a May 16 City Council meeting.
Comiskey’s records reveal his most recent review was mostly positive, though, with only two complaints — neither of which was deemed a fireable offense.
Stile, however, has previously blamed the city manager for the high turnover rate among city employees — records show 58 have left since Comiskey took the position.
On Thursday, Stile said she was anxious to discuss the 67-page audit of employees speaking to HR about issues involving Comiskey. But council members said they were disappointed they did not have more time to read the report, since many said they did not receive it until after 4 p.m.
Council member at-large Doug Bryant not only said the meeting was premature, but admitted to the audience that he wasn't sure why they were even meeting Thursday.
Stile attempted to address the concern by reading a portion of the 67-page report out loud .
“Patrick is unresponsive and evasive to phone calls," Stile read, quoting what an employee told investigators. "Good luck getting him on the phone. He doesn’t show enough respect to his employees or directors to respond back. Working for the city of Mount Dora has not been pleasant.”
Residents as well as other council members asked for a third-party firm to review the audit, but even that was not voted on Thursday.
The meeting was adjourned without any council member making a motion concerning Comiskey.
Spectrum News 13 asked for a copy of the 67-page report with the HR departments findings, but was not immediately given access to it.
Comiskey and other council members were asked for comment after the meeting, but all declined.