Who, What, Where, Radnor is VERY Confusing!

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Delco Times: News/Radnor terminates 12 township employees
Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009
By TIMOTHY LOGUE
tlogue@delcotimes.com

RADNOR — If the state-of-the-art township building seems a bit quieter these days, it is probably because there are fewer people working in it.

In moves Radnor officials believe will save taxpayers $1 million or more beginning in 2010, eight full-time employees, including two department heads, and four part-timers were let go June 19.

Another two workers have been suspended for vacationing with former township manager David Bashore and the employment status of police Superintendent John Rutty, who abruptly tendered his resignation last week but was still on the job Wednesday, is something of a mystery.

Responding to a June 23 Right to Know request from the Daily Times, assistant township manager William Martin provided the job titles, 2008 salaries, and dates of hire and termination for the former employees.

Citing a right to privacy, the names were not provided, though multiple township sources confirmed the following full-timers were laid off:

* Director of community development Robert Loeper Jr. — $118,298
* Director of personnel Amanda Ostrander-Serock — $77,369
* Township secretary Coretta Hutchinson — $44,200
* Financial accountant Lesley Wilson — $44,200
* Code inspector William Miller — $73,118
* Code inspector John Pili — $56,092
* Assistant engineer Bryan McCarthy — hired in January 2009; 2008 salary information not applicable.
* Receptionist Vera DiMaio — $34,667
...No township officials would go on the record about suspensions given to township engineer Daniel Malloy and parks and recreation director Thomas Blomstrom, who, along with Loeper, vacationed in Maine with Bashore and former township solicitor David Blake.

Along with other township employees, Malloy, Blomstrom and Loeper were directed to have no contact with Bashore, who has filed a wrongful termination claim against the township with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The former manager also has a pending unemployment claim.

Blake, who submitted his resignation to the board in March but was still handling some unresolved legal matters for the township, has been relieved of his remaining duties.

Interim solicitor John Rice had no comment on the matter and interim township manager John Granger was away on vacation....As for Rutty, he has not commented on his status since having a heated meeting with Granger last week, which culminated in resignation, according to several sources.

In a Tuesday e-mail to the Daily Times, Rutty would only say “The timetable … is fluid.”

Rutty joined the department in 1977 and has served as superintendent since 2004. The department’s longest-serving lieutenant had been Thomas Flannery before he was hired in March as the chief in Nether Providence. The two remaining lieutenants are Joseph Lunger and Anthony Antonini.

Philly Foibles: Ex Employee: Radnor Police Chief Rutty Resigns: UPDATED

The following information was posted by “Ex-Employee” at
June 26th, 2009 at 23:52
John Rutty the chief of police of Radnor has officially resigned as of today. There must be a whole lot more going on than we know. I also heard that they suspended Tom Blumstrum and Dan Malloy for a week without pay for going to Maine.

ADMIN - What is going on here?! Rutty spent a life time in Radnor and made a pretty good living thanks to Aunt Clem!

Update 6/29. Is it true that the Chief resigned over a disagreement with the Radnor Township Board regarding accrual of vacation pay? Is it also true that his severance package, including vacation and longevity pay is in the mid six figures? That’s more than will be saved this year from the layoff! If so, money keeps leaking out of the Radnor Township Building (AKA the Taj Mahal) Inquiring minds want to know!

Update 6/30 Ex-Employee posts: The comissioners of Radnor must of realized that they couldn’t afford to pay Rutty his accumulated time ( which I estimate to be 3 years)at this time so they had a meeting today and begged him to stay. I heard they sweetened the pot and told him they would guarantee his health benefits for life. Wait till next year when 12 cops are eligble to retire with over 1.6 million in accumulated time.

Update 7/2- We heard from three old friends yesterday and today that Radnor Township Commissioners have been in overdrive wooing John Rutty to stay on board at Radnor Township. All sorts of rumors floating that they are offering Rutty the moon to stay on as Chief so they don’t have to write a check for over 5000 hours of comp time (Over $350k) plus 45% of accrued sick time! Will they give Rutty a shot at the Township Manager position? Maybe an interim appointment after Labor Day? Who knows? He’s not from Bucks County so that does not bode well for the promotion. Will they push his fair haired boy up the ladder with a promotion so Rutty gets to choose his successor? We don’t know but it will be interesting to see if there are any promotions in the offing in Radnor’s PD.