Another civil grand jury report draws attention to financial abuses at the Stanislaus Council of Governments, this one alleging $595,000 in vacation payouts to the former executive director and two other top employees.
The June 10 report sheds more light on unauthorized vacation increases for former Executive Director Rosa De Leon Park, the director of administrative services and deputy director of planning, which were partly revealed in a blistering grand jury report a year ago.
The most recent report does not name the executive staff members who received the cash payouts, but Park was the executive director, Cindy Malekos was director of administrative services before leaving StanCOG in September and Elizabeth Hahn was deputy planning director. Hahn served as interim executive director after De Leon Park was placed on leave but retired a month after De Leon Park was fired in August 2025…