The Akron Board of Education voted Monday to pursue termination of its facilities director amid allegations he profited off the sale of district-owned equipment.
The district in a press release Monday accused Steven Keenan, facilities services director, of abusing “the district’s purchasing processes and improper facilitation of equipment transactions with a vendor without obtaining” proper board approval. The issues stem from Keenan allegedly selling eleven district-owned lawn mowers to a vendor in March, according to the resolution approved Monday.
“Prior to finalizing the sale, Mr. Keenan directly negotiated with Vendor for the purchase of seven of the eleven lawnmowers he approved to trade,” the resolution alleges. “Mr. Keenan accepted Vendor’s ’employee and family discount’ consisting of the trade in value +10% + sales tax. Mr. Keenan paid Vendor $5,693.32 for the seven lawnmowers via personal check. Keenan listed five of the seven lawnmowers for sale on Facebook Marketplace asking for a total sale price of $14,700…