Thursday, April 29, 2004
Port Authority supervisor plans to resign
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. -- A maintenance supervisor for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to resign after an investigation revealed his personal use of a $155,000 boat intended for homeland security patrols.
The report by the authority's inspector general also found that employees spent $130,000 to build a permanent floating dock and ramp for the boat at Port Newark, after first spending $14,000 for a dock that could not accommodate the boat.
Authority workers also approved purchases of inappropriate, optional equipment on the boat, including fishing rod holders, a bait well and tackle box. The agency bought the 27-foot Shamrock 270 Mackinaw in August 2002 to patrol New York and New Jersey ports in search of suspicious activity.
The authority's board never approved the dock or boat payments because the sum was too low to require its approval - a policy that is now being reviewed, authority spokesman Steve Coleman said."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. -- A maintenance supervisor for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to resign after an investigation revealed his personal use of a $155,000 boat intended for homeland security patrols.
The report by the authority's inspector general also found that employees spent $130,000 to build a permanent floating dock and ramp for the boat at Port Newark, after first spending $14,000 for a dock that could not accommodate the boat.
Authority workers also approved purchases of inappropriate, optional equipment on the boat, including fishing rod holders, a bait well and tackle box. The agency bought the 27-foot Shamrock 270 Mackinaw in August 2002 to patrol New York and New Jersey ports in search of suspicious activity.
The authority's board never approved the dock or boat payments because the sum was too low to require its approval - a policy that is now being reviewed, authority spokesman Steve Coleman said."
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