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CONNECTICUT STATE BOARD
 OF
 MEDIATION
 AND
 ARBITRATIONLABOR DEPARTMENT
38
 WOLCOTT HILL ROAD
WETHERSFIELD,
 CONNECTICUT
Wednesday December
 09
2009
TRANSMITTAL
 MEMORANDUM
Hartford
City
 of
and
HM
Local
Case
2009-A-0156
 Vilma
 Rivera-Saez
RBITR TION W RD
Copies were sent to the following parties
Stephen F. McEleney, Esquire Joseph Parker, Ph. D.
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Ivan Ramos, Esquire Marc S. Mandell, Esquire*- ----Santiago Malave, Dir. Of Pers. Frank Krzywicki
 
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*When applicable,
 this
 transmittal is
 filed
 with the town
 CONTACT
 PERSOlV
clerk in accordance with Section
 3 1-98,
 Chapter
 560,
 of
 Ivette
 Hernandez
the
 Connecticut General Statutes.
 
TOWN
 
CITY
 CLERR
HARTFORD
STATE
 OF
 CONNECTICUTDEPARTMENT
 OF
 LABOR
BOARD
 OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION
ARBITRATION
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In
 the
 Matter
 of:
CITY OF HARTFORD
-AND-
HARTFORD MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION
)
 CASE
 NO.
 2009-A-0156
)
)
 HEARING DATES:
 May 26,
 2009
)
 June
 19,
 2009
£WARD
 DATE:
 December
 9,
 2009
 
AWARD
 DATE:
LOCATION OF
 HEARING:Department
 of
 Labor
Wethersfield,
 Ct.
Appearances:
For the
 City: Ivan
 A.
 Ramos, Esq.For
 the
 Union: Stephen
 F.
 McEleney, Esq.
ISSUE
Did the
 City
 of
 Hartford
 terminate Vilma Rivera-Saez
 for
 just cause?
If
 not,
 what shall
 the
 remedy
 be?
 
CASENO.20Q9-A-0156
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system.
 This task, which
 is
 usually performed
 at the end of the
 day,
 is
 referred
 to as
 closing
 out .
As
 part
 of the
 closing
 out
 process,
 the
 cashiers
 are
 required
 to
 prepare
 a
 document
 called Daily
Deposit Reconciliation
 Record .
 This document
 lists
 all the
 checks
 and
 cash
 received
 by a
particular
 cashier
 and
 certifies
 that monies received
 are
 properly accounted
 for and
 that
 the
deposits
 in the box
 match
 the
 deposits recorded
 in the
 Munis system.
 A
 printout
 of the
 Munisreport
 is
 attached
 to the
 Daily Deposit Reconciliation Record.
 The
 cash
 and the
 checks
 itemized
in
 the
 Daily Deposit Reconciliation Record must match
 the
 checks
 and the
 cash
 in the
 Munisreport. The adding tape used in the closing out process is also attached to the DepositReconciliation Record.
Deputy
 Finance Director Lydia
 Rosario
 testified
 that
 the
 grievant
 received extensive
training
 during
 the
 time that
 she
 worked
 for the
 City.
 She
 attended
 a
 supervisor's trainingprovided by an independent
 firm
 known as Skill Path. She also received on-site training provided
by
 a
 representative
 of the
 Bank
 of
 America
 and
 attended
 a
 lengthy series
 of
 seminars organized
 by
the
 Connecticut
 Tax
 Collector's
 Association.
 In
 addition,
 Ms.
 Rosario indicated that
 the
 grievantreceived
 on the job
 training
by
 Linda Savitsky,
 a
 service consultant hired
 by the
 City
 to
 assist
the Tax
 Collector's
 Office.
 Moreover, Mr. Thomas Bowley, an internal auditor with the City of
Hartford,
 testified
 that
 he
 provided guidance
 and
 assistance
 to
 employees
 in the
 cashier's
 area
 on a
regular basis.
In
 the
 summer
 of
 2008, Patrick Campbell,
 the
 City's Chief Auditor,
 was
 asked
 to
investigate a
 series
 of
 cash shortages
 in the Tax
 Collector's
 Office.
 The
 investigation revealed
 the
existence of a scheme in which checks were substituted for cash in several daily
 deposits
 made
during
 the month of November of
 2007.
 Mr. Campbell found that
 someone
 in the Tax
 Office
 had
taken
 cash
 out of a
 cashier's
 box and
 replaced
 it
 with checks that
 had
 been received through
 the
mail. In his testimony, Mr. Campbell gave a general description of how the scheme operated:

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