Bowman Group Report obtained thru Open Records
FERRIS – At a cost of $57.60, The Ellis County Press last week obtained a copy of the controversial Bowman Group Report.
Executive Summary
On April 2, 2018, The Bowman Group was retained by the Ferris City Council to conduct an independent review of the facts and circumstances from allegations delivered to the City of Ferris by Ferris Police Investigator Walter “Gator” Weiss.
These allegations primarily involve incidents occurring during Bill Jordan’s tenure as Ferris, Texas City Manager.
The eleven allegations contained in the complaint are summarized as follows:
1. SUSTAINED – On or about May 19, 2017, City Manager Bill Jordan, while in Las Vegas, used a cell phone to transmit photos of nude women to another Ferris city employee;
2. NOT SUSTAINED – In January 2018, City Manager Jordan, while inside City Hall offices, used inappropriate behavior and language and failed to exercise management control over other employees engaged in the same inappropriate conduct;
3. NOT SUSTAINED – In January 2018, City Manager Jordan, while inside City Hall offices, used inappropriate behavior and language while speaking with a female City employee and in the presence of other employees;
4. SUSTAINED – In February 2018, City Manager Jordan, while inside City Hall offices, made inappropriate comments to a female employee about her breasts, while in the presence of another employee;
5. SUSTAINED – On or about March 6, 2018, City Manager Bill Jordan, while inside City Hall offices and in the presence of another employee, repeatedly viewed pornographic images on a city computer;
6. SUSTAINED – On or about March 8, 2018, City Manager Bill Jordan, while inside City Hall offices and in the presence of two employees, verbalized a desire to bring sexually-oriented businesses to Ferris and suggested the bar not be topless because they don’t allow their dancers to be touched;
7. NOT SUSTAINED – Various times in 2017-2018, City Manager Jordan, while inside City Hall offices, used language that included sexual innuendo to the degree that another employee verbally warned Mr. Jordan of his conduct;
8. NOT SUSTAINED – On or about March 8, 2018, City Manager Bill Jordan, while inside City Hall offices and in the presence of two employees, suggested that a City logo be placed at waist-level or below on a City uniform shirt so that employees could walk around in their shirts and undergarments;
9. SUSTAINED – In late 2017 to early 2018, City Manager Jordan, while inside City Hall offices and in the presence of a female City employee, made a verbal reference to the breasts of a different female City employee;
10. NO FINDING RENDERED – In late 2017 and early 2018, City Manager Bill Jordan engaged in conduct that led to an employee filing a claim of “retaliation” against Mr. Jordan to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (no need to investigate since already under investigation by EEOC);
11. SUSTAINED – At various times and/or places in 2017 and 2018, City Manager Bill Jordan did on multiple occasions, fail to keep the workplace free of sexual harassment.
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