RFP Staff
♦ In an earlier RFP article it was clearly detailed how Salisbury City Clerk Myra Heard received over $8,000 in furniture for the Clerks Office in a no-bid purchase with her husband’s commission based on the commission structure of a company called Indoff, Inc. in Springfield, Missouri. This occurred despite several city purchasing policies disallowing “no bid” contracts. Most disturbing was a $459 plastic mat to go under her office chair.
The RFP learned within the last week that Heard’s alleged “no bid” scored its fat commission because Indoff allows their sales partners to set their own prices and profit margins as outlined by Indoff’s National Marketing Manager Angela Suntrip in their July 2015 newsletter (posted below). This certainly explains the flamboyant $459 price tag of the City Clerk’s chair mat. And why sales partners like Mr. Heard make a 50% commission on gross profit, an amount they can increase by setting the price higher.
The RFP wonders aloud: “Mrs. Heard, did you know how your spouse is compensated at work? Surely as a City Clerk you would be more than familiar with all of this information while receiving over $8,000 in no-bid goods that allegedly resulted in a commission check into your family bank account. If this took place, you would be using your government position to line your pockets. Isn’t this called corruption? And why hasn’t City Hall investigated and demanded your resignation? That occurs in most legitimate city halls.
The city government of Salisbury, N.C. at the very least ought to order City Clerk Myra Heard’s termination or to “retire early” as is fashionable these days at Salisbury’s City Hall. The word termination appears to have fallen out of vogue in “10 Gigville”.
