Destroyed files and a resignation in Surprise

Jerry McCoy, the chief of staff for Surprise Mayor Sharon Wolcott/Twitter
Jerry McCoy, the chief of staff for Surprise Mayor Sharon Wolcott/Twitter

Chief of staff’s departure leaves lingering question

By Jessica Boehm | The Arizona Republic

Jerry McCoy, the chief of staff for Surprise Mayor Sharon Wolcott, resigned from his executive position on July 18 after signing an agreement that provided him continued paychecks totaling about $22,000, plus other benefits. He left his job the same day.

Two days later, the city’s human-resources department received a complaint about McCoy from another employee who believed McCoy purged a significant amount of city documents from file cabinets containing records from current and previous mayors and City Council members, according to public records obtained by The Arizona Republic.

The subsequent HR investigation found “sufficient evidence to prove” that McCoy, who held his job for more than two years, violated city policies regarding “misuse or destruction of public records.”

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