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WIL',,:IAM L. ~EYER
DIRECTOR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
January 26, 1998
MEMORANDUM:
TO: DOLLY BURWELL
HENRY LANCAST ,
FROM: MIKE KELLY
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM JOEL HIRSCHHORN DATED JANUARY 26
I am somewhat taken back in at Joel's memo regarding his decision not to
attend the meeting on Saturday, January 31. Joel's experience in funding
activities and his participation in the meeting would be beneficial.
What is even more disturbing, however, is the fact that on Tuesday,
January 20 at approximately 9:50 AM, Joel called me and inquired about the
state's willingness to fund the trip. He had indicated that he could take the money
out of his contract balance if I considered and agreed to approve the expenses as
activities relating to the Phase II detoxification study. I indicated that this was not
a problem and authorized his travel. Joel's contract says "Phase II Detoxification
Activities and Analysis," and part of the process for Saturday would be the need
to look at costs and processes associated with the detoxification in order to
develop a funding plan. He did not seem upset, and I thought he was looking
forward to the meeting. We also discussed his coming on Friday night as winter
weather can be a problem when trying to travel in the same day. I have had no
further conversations with Joel since then.
On Wednesday, January 21, Deborah Ferruccio called for Bill Meyer at
around 1 PM. Bill had left for a meeting and would not be back that afternoon, so
I called Deborah to see if I could help her. She wanted to talk about the funding
situation for Joel, or lack of funding, and we had a very lengthy discussion about
how funds had been made available to Patrick and the Warren County office (and
Doris), yet Joel had not received any of this money. She made many of the same
comments and accusations that are in Joel's letter. Deborah indicated that we
were "splitting up the team" and that she would be forced to "go public" and make
lots of calls to get more money for Joel. I told her to do whatever she felt she had
to do, that I was tired of arguing with her about money we did not have.
"'; Other comments Joel made on funding details being "hidden from public
view," our controlling, being disrespectful and discriminatory, are simply untrue.
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