Dem-led Buffalo clerk who tampered with hearth division payroll to pad her checks has been paid a staggering $500,000 since 2016 whereas she stays on administrative go away – AND is working a second job

A Metropolis Corridor clerk accused of tampering with payroll to pad her checks has been paid greater than half 1,000,000 {dollars} whereas on administrative go away.

Jill Repman was suspended from Buffalo Metropolis Fireplace Division after twice tampering with the system to get her take-home pay boosted in 2016.

However the mother-of-three remained on paid go away for practically eight years from the Dem-led metropolis workplace, whereas awaiting a decision to the disciplinary costs in opposition to her, based on the Investigative Post.

She has taken dwelling $572k over the seven-and-a-half-year interval that she was suspended, and took one other job throughout that interval.

Repman, 56, took the second job within the personal sector – once more working in payroll – working for Allwel Western New York in 2017, based on a now-deleted biography on their web site.

Jill Repman was suspended from Buffalo Metropolis Fireplace Division after twice tampering with the system to get her take-home pay boosted in 2016

However the mother-of-three remained on paid go away for practically eight years from the Dem-led metropolis workplace, whereas awaiting a decision to the disciplinary costs in opposition to her

The Fireplace Division had been unable to switch a name via to Repman when contacted by DailyMail.com, however didn’t deny that she had returned to work. 

She had labored for town for 22 years and was positioned on administrative go away in February 2016 from the $59,926-a-year senior administrative assistant job.

Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski instructed the Investigative Publish that Repman was just lately ordered again to work on the Fireplace Division, branding the state of affairs as ‘maddening’.

‘That is gravely regarding that we now have any individual on town payroll who’s been paid fairly effectively — over $70,000 [annually] — for seven and a half years,’ he stated.

‘Not working or doing duties on the behalf of the Metropolis of Buffalo. It is alarming. I imply, that is an erosion of belief from entities which can be charged to be stewards of metropolis taxpayer {dollars}.’

The council member added that he thought of the state of affairs ‘a breakdown of a number of entities inside metropolis authorities’ that had been liable for resolving the allegations in opposition to Repman ‘in a well timed method.’

Buffalo Mayor’s workplace confirmed to Nowakowski that Repman was ordered again to work in September.

Repman collected a paycheck from town as just lately as August 31, based on reviews, will a wall of silence surrounding the state of affairs from officers.

Repman, 56, took the second job within the personal sector – once more working in payroll – working for Allwel Western New York in 2017, based on a now-deleted biography on their web site

Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski instructed the Investigative Publish that Repman was just lately ordered again to work on the Fireplace Division

Buffalo Mayor’s workplace confirmed to Nowakowski that Repman was ordered again to work in September

DailyMail.com has not acquired a response to a request for remark from the Metropolis or Alwell relating to her employment standing.

She began working for town in November 1994, underneath her married identify of Parsis and began as a civilian worker for the police division, then transferred two years later to the fireplace division.

In line with a Buffalo Information report on the time, Rempan was paid for time beyond regulation, along with her base pay set at $36,000 in 2009.

Metropolis payroll data present that Repman (left)  was paid $2,727 on August 31,

In 2016 Repman filed for chapter and misplaced her dwelling in Buffalo after racking up practically 4193,000 in money owed.

Court docket filings present that she spent the cash on dwelling loans, again taxes, bank card payments, and unpaid lawyer charges.

She is accused of logging into the fireplace departments payroll system from dwelling to change her social safety and Medicare FICA deductions to extend her take-home pay by just a few hundred {dollars}.

Repman is accused of doing this one two events, with the primary fee going via, and the administrator altering the data again.

The second time she was caught by the comptrollers workplace, which prompted a probe. This led to the administration bringing disciplinary costs in opposition to her.

She was suspended with out pay for 30 days, with town then resuming her paychecks till the fees in opposition to her had been resolved.

It’s unclear if there have been ever any conferences for the disciplinary costs, however Repman is now accused of pocketing practically half 1,000,000 {dollars} from town.

The Fireplace Division had been unable to switch a name via to Repman when contacted by DailyMail.com, however didn’t deny that she had returned to work

She is accused of logging into the fireplace departments payroll system from dwelling to change her social safety and Medicare FICA deductions to extend her take-home pay by just a few hundred {dollars}

Metropolis payroll data present that she was paid $2,727 on August 31, and has acquired $15,000 since July 1 due to longevity bonuses. 

Repman might absorb greater than $72,000 within the metropolis’s present price range 12 months, and was handed $572,067 between 2016 and 2023, based on the Empire Middle.

Due to New York labor legal guidelines, Repman remains to be capable of earn well being and pension advantages, trip and sick go away whereas suspended on paid go away.

If she stays on the payroll till November of subsequent 12 months, she can have been on the data for 30 years – which means she is going to qualify for an annual state pension of $42,577.

In 2016, Michael Drennen — then president of AFSCME Native 650 — instructed The Buffalo Information the union would defend Repman in opposition to town’s disciplinary costs.

‘She engaged in no wrongdoing, and as soon as the info come out, that will likely be confirmed,’ he stated. When contacted by the Investigative Publish he stated he had ‘no thought’ what the current state of affairs is.

Nowakowski added that the mayors workplace wouldn’t inform him if there had been any settle ment or decision to Repman’s disicplinary costs. 

He stated: ‘They did affirm that she was on paid administrative go away for seven-and-a-half years.’

‘They’ve confirmed that she is again to work within the Metropolis of Buffalo on website.’

Between 2007 and 2015 Repman, utilizing her married identify, donated $2,980 to the mayors’ marketing campaign committees, based on reviews. 

She gave $200 extra to the Committee for Change, a defunct marketing campaign committee that was run by Brown’s former deputy mayor, Steve Casey.