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“And it is also going to allow the CAT organization to go forward in an orderly manner.” Mauldin was fired by the board on Jan. 26 in a 6-3 vote. Savannah Alderman Detric Leggett, Gertrude Robinson and Clinton Edminster voted against the termination. The six who voted to fire Mauldin were Board Chairman Deidrick Cody, former Board Chair Michael O Halloran, former Chatham Commissioner Tabitha Odell and Chatham Commissioners Kenneth Adams, Bobby Lockett and Helen Stone. The whistleblower violation allegations stem from Mauldin s findings related to a legal services request for proposals (RFP). According to a Notice of Solicitation Decision available on CAT s website, the board of directors awarded a contract for legal services to Bouhan Falligant LLP on Nov. 17, 2020, after putting out an RFP in August. ....
Ahead of a scheduled Friday Superior Court hearing, an attorney for Chatham Area Transit has filed a motion seeking to disqualify the attorney and law firm representing former CAT CEO and executive director Bacarra Mauldin. The motion also asks the court to consider tossing Mauldin’s request to be reinstated through a motion for preliminary injunction. Filed Wednesday night by attorney John Bennett with Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, the motion alleges that representatives from Buckley Beal LLP, which Mauldin has retained for counsel, have been communicating with CAT board of directors Vice Chairman Clinton Edminster. Bennett says this communication violates the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 4.2, which is an anti-contact rule. He is seeking to disqualify the firm as a whole and attorney Edward Buckley, whom Mauldin has retained as representation. ....
Chatham Area Transit has enlisted the help of an Atlanta-based public relations and strategy firm to manage the fallout from last month s abrupt termination of former CEO Bacarra Mauldin. Detailed during Tuesday’s CAT authority board meeting, the agency has contracted with Ohio River South for $9,000 a month to provide crisis management services. The company will also provide other media services such as drafting press releases, responding to inbound requests for information and researching requests for information and public records. The contract, which was posted online by the board s Vice Chairman Clinton Edminster prior to the meeting, is for no less than six months. The initial contract is good for six months and gives CAT the option to renew as many times as they see fit. ....