Ohio Department of Transportation [and] Ohio Department of Health; Ohio Department of Health

Title from p. [i] of Report (viewed on Feb. 4, 2010).; "Date of Report: January 5, 2010."On April 13, 2009, the Ohio Department of Transportation ("ODOT") received an anonymous complaint alleging ODOT Management Analyst Supervisor 2 Darreyl D. Davis conducted personal and political business on state time. ODOT forwarded the complaint to the Office of the Inspector General. Our investigation confirmed that over several years Davis spent hundreds of hours at work exchanging e-mails and phone calls that were personal or political in nature. Even allowing for personal time, such as lunch and breaks, Davis collected at least $14,990 in state pay for 379 hours of work time he spent on personal phone calls, dating back to April 2007. The person with whom he most frequently spoke and corresponded during work hours was Sheila Edwards, an Executive Secretary 1 with the Ohio Department of Health. Particularly troubling, Davis used his ODOT e-mail account, and his position as Mayor of Trotwood, to help Edwards secure a $5,000 share of a $50,000 contract he orchestrated between the City of Trotwood and a development consultant. Our investigation substantiated the allegation that Davis misused state time for personal and political purposes, misconduct that was exacerbated because Davis engaged another state employee in the activities