After "rumored rumblings" for months, the longtime bookkeeper and office manager of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) was fired in late March, and the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) would like to know why.
The ECW posted on its Illinois Leaks website that it so far has been unsuccessful in its request for information from the CERWD regarding the dismissal of Lisa Rigdon.
"She had a fairly lucrative compensation package with a vehicle, insurance, and being the highest paid employee of the district totaling at somewhere around $58,000 per year," the ECW said.
According one online listing, Marshall-based CERWD is a privately held company that has operated for 18 years, but the ECW said it is a public entity that elects commissioners.
The group also noted that a new general manager was hired last fall.
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