Montgomery Council accepts resignations of entire Planning Board, including Casey Anderson

 ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — The Montgomery County Council has accepted the immediate resignations of the five-member Montgomery Planning Board, the council confirmed in a press release Wednesday afternoon.

The surprise announcement — considered to be unprecedented in Montgomery County history — followed weeks of leaked documents that revealed scandals within the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), which the Montgomery Planning Board falls beneath...

Montgomery Council accepts resignations of entire Planning Board, including Casey Anderson | WJLA

3/5 of Montgomery County Planning Board Given Reprimands for Inappropriate Conduct in the Workplace: Casey Anderson, Partap Verma and Carol Rubin. Council "Disappointed."

Montgomery County Council Issues Reprimands for Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Anderson and Two Planning Board Commissioners Partap Verma and Carol Rubin.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 4, 2022—Montgomery County Council President Gabe Albornoz released the following Council statement about issuing reprimands for inappropriate conduct in the workplace for Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson, Vice Chair Partap Verma and Planning Board Commissioner Carol Rubin:

“The Council is extremely disappointed in the violations of Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) policy by Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson, as detailed in an advisory memorandum from M-NCPPC’s inspector general. The memorandum also found violations of Commission policy by Vice Chair Partap Verma and Planning Board Commissioner Carol Rubin.

“Montgomery County Planning Board leadership must model the behavior that we want all employees to display. In order to hold the three commissioners accountable for their actions, the Council has issued reprimands that will result in Chair Anderson losing four weeks of his salary and Vice Chair Verma and Commissioner Rubin each losing one day of their respective salaries. The three commissioners also must attend Employee Assistance Program counseling which is consistent with the Commission’s protocol.”

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A Montgomery County Official Kept An Incredibly Well-Stocked Office Bar. We Made Him A Cocktail Menu

 

Local news lovers may have seen the ABC7 exposé this week revealing that the chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board stocked his Wheaton office with a full bar and hosted Planning Board meeting after-parties and happy hours in said office.

A whistleblower reported Casey Anderson’s liquor cabinet, which reportedly has more than 30 bottles of liquor in it, along with citrus squeezers and other bar tools, ABC7 reported. An investigation by the Inspector General of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which administers the county planning board, turned up at least three employees who acknowledged drinking alcohol in Anderson’s office, according to the report. In a statement to ABC7, Anderson apologized for keeping the bar at the office.

A Montgomery County Official Kept An Incredibly Well-Stocked Office Bar. We Made Him A Cocktail Menu – DCist

Montgomery Council launches probe of official who kept well-stocked bar in his office

 

...In an interview, Council President Gabe Albornoz (D) said he and his colleagues are “very concerned” about Anderson’s practice of drinking at work and have launched their own review.

“The Council oversees Casey, because he is a political appointee,” said Albornoz. “So whatever action is taken will be the council’s responsibility.” He said the panel cannot disclose details because they consider the issue to be a personnel matter.

Albornoz declined to speculate on potential sanctions, but he said the council would be guided in part by how the commission has handled instances in which other employees have engaged in similar conduct.

“There are factors that are going to be considered. Scope and any sort of precedent. We’re looking at commission rules [as well as] how as the commission handled other incidences in which alcohol has been involved with merit-level employees to see if there is some guidance,” he said. “All of those are factors that we’re going to weigh.”..

Montgomery Council launches probe of official who kept well-stocked bar in his office - Maryland Matters