{"id":93324,"date":"2016-01-28T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=93324"},"modified":"2016-01-29T08:26:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T14:26:51","slug":"schelkoph-brings-grievance-against-werkhoven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=93324","title":{"rendered":"Schelkoph brings grievance against Werkhoven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SchelkophVC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2596\" alt=\"SchelkophVC\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SchelkophVC-300x202.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SchelkophVC-300x202.png 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SchelkophVC-259x175.png 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SchelkophVC.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Valley City Administrator David Schelkoph has brought a grievance against\u00a0Valley City Mayor, Bob Werkhoven, accusing Werkhoven of creating an abusive and hostile work environment.<\/p>\n<p>Schelkoph said that\u00a0the mayor told city commissioners and the city attorney that his goal once re-elected in 2014 was to get rid of KLJ and the City Administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Schelkoph said City Attorney Russ Myhre and City Commissioners Duane Magnuson and Matt Pedersen have all said this statement is true.<\/p>\n<p>Schelkoph said the mayor has been hyper-critical to him when the mayor speaks to him in private or public meetings. Schelkoph\u00a0added that \u00a0Mayor Werkhoven\u2019s behavior is unprofessional and degrading.<\/p>\n<p>Schelkoph says the mayor did not follow proper protocol concerning a sexual harassment allegation against Police Chief Fred Thompson and a \u201cToy Gun\u201d incident involving Chief Thompson and a Valley City citizen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CSiNewsNOW News Background: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 2010: \u00a0Werkhoven defeats incumbent Mayor Mary Lee Nielsen<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Recall Official, Werkhoven, Magnuson Win\" href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=1180\" target=\"_blank\">January 2012<\/a>: \u00a0Werkhoven survives recall election defeating former police chief Dean Ross<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"June 2014 election results\" href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=47576\" target=\"_blank\">June 2014<\/a>: \u00a0\u00a0Werkhoven re-elected,\u00a0\u00a0defeating Jeff Edwards.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Myhre, Swenson, issue grievances about Mayor\" href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=93014\" target=\"_blank\">January 2016<\/a>: \u00a0City Attorney Russell Myhre and police Lt. David Swenson bring grievances.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Thompson files grievance against Werkhoven\" href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=93254\" target=\"_blank\">January 2016<\/a>: \u00a0Police Chief Fred Thompson brings grievance.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Schelkoph brings grievance against Werkhoven\" href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=93324\" target=\"_blank\">January 2016<\/a>: \u00a0City Administrator David Schelkoph has brought a grievance.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Werkhoven responds to allegations\" href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=93335\" target=\"_blank\">January 2016<\/a>: \u00a0Mayor Werkhoven responds to allegations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Valley City Administrator David Schelkoph has brought a grievance against\u00a0Valley City Mayor, Bob Werkhoven, accusing Werkhoven of creating an abusive and hostile work environment. Schelkoph said that\u00a0the mayor told city commissioners and the city attorney that his goal once re-elected in 2014 was to get rid of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93324"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93355,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93324\/revisions\/93355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}