MORGAN HILL, CA - JULY 7: Vally Water CEO Rick Callender speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)
“Does this not signal that Valley Water tolerates harassment at all levels given its willingness to use tax dollars to pay an abuser of power?”
— Criticism from an unnamed Santa Clara Valley Water District staffer of its separation agreement with CEO Rick Callender following sexual harassment findings, read to board members at a recent meeting. The district board voted to pay Callender $520,000 to resign while he continues working off-site as a “special advisor” for another year.
Originally published at Bay Area News Group