A review of PUSD Superintendent Jack Erb's contract, which is public record, shows that there was more than one occasion where he recieved a pay increase that was not approved in a public meeting as required by law.
His contract, as provided upon request by the district, includes
this document. It is a contract dated May 10, 2005 which increases Erb's base salary (effective July 2005) from $130,000 (see previous post) to $135,000. This increase is an even bigger problem than the first one. There are multiple problems with this document, namely:
- There are no original signatures from either the board or Erb. When asked, the district has repeatedly said there is no other version with signatures to provide.
- The document refers to legal action by the board on May 10, 2005. The agenda for that meeting makes no mention whatsoever of any action related to the superintendent's contract.
To say this is highly unusual is the quintessential understatement. There is absolutely no circumstance that adequately explains how Erb got another raise to his base salary less than six months after his previous raise when there wasn't even an agenda item. At least the board members knew about the first raise, even if they broke the law in giving it to him. A reasonable person might ask if they were even aware of this raise since none of them signed it. Erb didn't even bother to sign it, which, according to its own terms, makes the contract void. But we know he took the money because his current third-party employment contract amount was based on this salary amount.
It sounds like Jack has "a lot of splainin' to do!"
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