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Disposition Agreement in The Matter of Tania Fernandes Anderson
Disposition Agreement in The Matter of Tania Fernandes Anderson
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DISPOSITION AGREEMENT
final order enforceable in the Superior Court, pursuant to G.L. c. 268B, § 4(j).
to G.L. c. 268B, § 4(a), into possible violations of the conflict of interest law, G.L. c.
268A, by Fernandes Anderson. On March 1, 2023, the Commission concluded its inquiry
and found reasonable cause to believe that Fernandes Anderson violated G.L. c. 268A, §§
19.
The Commission and Fernandes Anderson now agree to the following findings of
Findings of Fact
2. Soon after her election, Fernandes Anderson appointed her sister as her
January 3, 2022.
5. Fernandes Anderson set her sister's initial annual salary in her Director of
6. On June 28, 2022, Fernandes Anderson increased her sister's annual salary
to $70,000.
7. On June 29, 2022, Fernandes Anderson awarded her sister and her other
full-time staff member each a $7,000 bonus. She awarded her part-time staff member a
$3,000 bonus.
8. Also on June 28, 2022, Fernandes Anderson appointed her son as her full-
10. On July 26, 2022, Fernandes Anderson increased her son's annual salary
to $70,000.
Conclusions of Law
Section 19
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12. Section 19 of General Laws chapter 268A prohibits a municipal employee
14. Fernandes Anderson's sister and son are each members of her immediate
15. Fernandes Anderson's decisions to hire her sister and her son to paid
Boston City Council positions, to award her sister a bonus, and to increase the annual
salaries of her sister and her son, were each particular matters in which her immediate
each of the particular matters as described above, she knew her sister and/or her son had a
17. Therefore, by, as Boston City Councilor, hiring her sister and her son to
paid Boston City Council positions, awarding her sister a pay bonus, and increasing the
annual salaries of her sister and her son, Fernandes Anderson violated § 19.
Disposition
Commission has determined that the public interest would be served by the disposition of
this matter without further enforcement proceedings, on the following terms and
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(1) that Fernandes Anderson pay to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, with such payment to be
delivered to the Commission, the sum of $5,000 as
a civil penalty for violating G.L. c. 268A, § 19; and
read this Disposition Agreement, that it is a public document, and that she agrees to its
Executive Director