RED BLUFF — Supervisor Candy Carlson may be facing censure after the 2021 Tehama County Grand Jury Report recommended the Board of Supervisors put the topic on its agenda within 60 days.
In
2020, the Tehama County Personnel Director received complaints from county
employees about the District 2 Supervisor violating the county personnel rules.
Carlson is only identified as Tehama County District 2 Supervisor in the
report.
The
Grand Jury in 2021 formed an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the complaint. It
sought legal advice from the Tehama County District Attorney’s Office and Grand
Jury Counsel.
Eventually,
it found no evidence of willful criminal misconduct by Carlson, but she had
committed multiple other offenses. The Grand Jury said, on multiple occasions,
Carlson interfered in the administration of county departments, acting beyond
her authority as an individual member of the supervisors and violated board
policies by directing county employees. It discovered Carlson engaged in
bullying behavior that included disparaging treatments, coercive conduct,
discourteousness and publicly reprimanded county employees, which violates the
Tehama County code of conduct.
Besides
discussing censuring Carlson, the Grand Jury recommends the supervisors give
Carlson a chance to apologize for her alleged actions within 60 days. It
advised all the supervisors to review the county’s code of conduct and the
policies within 90 days and verify that they have done so.
At
Tuesday’s meeting of the board, the supervisors voted 4-1 to table Carlson’s
nomination to serve as the board’s chairperson in 2022 due to the Grand Jury’s report.
The board will revisit her nomination at the Jan. 11 meeting. Carlson was the
dissenting vote.
Red
Bluff Daily News
George Johnston
December 24, 2021
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