{"id":3256,"date":"2015-09-15T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T04:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2015-09-18T07:48:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T11:48:19","slug":"towns-former-employee-facing-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/towns-former-employee-facing-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Town&#8217;s former employee facing criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3376\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/John-Finley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"wp-image-3376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/John-Finley.jpg\" alt=\"John Finley\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Finley, former Town of Huntsville Economic Development Officer, is facing criminal charges. He is being represented by a Toronto law firm.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[ratings]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Town of Huntsville&#8217;s former Economic Development Officer, John Finley, appeared in Bracebridge court on September 8. An agent for his counsel asked that the case be adjourned to be spoken to on October 6, 2015, to allow counsel a resolution conference. The request was granted.<\/p>\n<p>Finley is facing obstruction of a peace officer and perjury charges arising from incidents related to his handling of the BlackBird Boats issue during his employment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<h6>The background story:<\/h6>\n<p>The Town rented space to BlackBird Boats in the former MTO building, which at the time was owned by the municipality. BlackBird reportedly fell into arrears by more than $10,000, comprised of rent and utilities, and was evicted in July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>At that time the tenant left a CNC router on the premises, which it reportedly intended to remove at a later date, but instead the Town sold it for $6,500 in July 2008. The proceeds from the sale were transferred to the mayor\u2019s golf tournament, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Using their corporate name, Hunter-Rutland Inc., the former owner of BlackBird Boats filed a civil lawsuit against the Town in August 2010. It stated the router was worth more than it was sold for and that it should&#8217;ve been notified of its sale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3507\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/boat2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3507\" class=\"wp-image-3507 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/boat2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"boat2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/boat2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/boat2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/boat2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former owner of boat manufacturer BlackBird Boats, rented space in a building formerly owned by the Town.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The matter was heard by Justice Wood in Bracebridge court on Sept. 29, 2014. Justice Wood ruled in favour of Hunter-Rutland on two counts. He said the company should have been notified that the Town was selling the router and the municipality should have attempted to sell the equipment at a properly assessed value.<\/p>\n<p>The Town appealed Justice Wood\u2019s decision and lost. It also countersued for the rental and utility arrears. On the appeal the Town was ordered to pay Hunter-Rutland&#8217;s legal fees, reported at $13,500. Further, the Town must pay the difference in the router\u2019s assessed value less the amount of utilities, rent arrears and interest that the company owes the Town. The municipality and the company are still negotiating a settlement for the total sum, said Dick Perdue of Hunter-Rutland.<\/p>\n<h6>Claude Doughty, who was mayor at the time, was contacted to shed some light on the issue.<\/h6>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a messy situation for sure, it never should\u2019ve happened,\u201d he said. \u201cThe truth of the matter is they abandoned the equipment. They were asked numerous times to come and get it\u2026 and frankly it was a piece of junk. It was all rusty and a piece of junk and wouldn\u2019t work,\u201d said the former Huntsville mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Perdue disagrees. He said he had the router specially made at a cost of $98,000 US, and it would&#8217;ve been two or three years old when the Town sold it. \u201cThey did not act like a landlord, that\u2019s what I think is so startling,\u201d he said. \u201cA landlord, if he\u2019s selling a tenant\u2019s goods, has a duty to advertise it, he has a duty to notify the tenant and he has a duty to get an appraisal to make sure that he sells it at a decent price. They didn\u2019t do any of those things. They just sold it for $6,500,\u201d said Perdue, adding taxpayers should be concerned.<\/p>\n<h6>The police were called.<\/h6>\n<p>According to Perdue, when he initially went looking for the router the town denied it had been sold, so police were involved as it was assumed it was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where Finley got himself into trouble. Finley made a sworn statement in a document that he believed that I took the machine. Now the machine is 10 feet long, it\u2019s six feet wide, it\u2019s four feet high. You need a forklift to lift it and you need a truck to put it on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>\u201cIf this was a fly-by-night landlord I could believe it. But this isn\u2019t. This is a municipality for God\u2019s sake what was it doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Dick Perdue &#8211; former owner of Blackbird Boats<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Perdue also questioned Finley\u2019s motives. \u201cTell me now, when he was lying to us, when he was lying to police and when he was lying to the courts\u2026 was he on his own? Who was his boss? What was his boss doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>Doughty says he can&#8217;t speak on Finley charges.<\/h6>\n<p>When asked about the criminal charges Finley is facing, Doughty was cautious. \u201cThat\u2019s a separate matter,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s related to it (The BlackBird civil suit) but that\u2019s a separate issue,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cUnfortunately, I can\u2019t talk to you at all about Finley and the Town of Huntsville and it\u2019s for legal reasons. It\u2019s not my preference but after things are resolved, I\u2019d be happy to talk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the issue has taken up a lot of his time. \u201cThis one has driven me absolutely crazy and taken up way too much of my time over the last decade,\u201d said Doughty. He said the company was already in arrears when he first took office in 2006. \u201cWhen I first got there, BlackBird Boats was severely in arrears in paying their rent and it was driving John Finley to distraction.\u201d He said when he became mayor, \u201cOne of the first things John Finley asked me: \u2018can I now go after them for the rent?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doughty reiterated that he could not speak to the criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Finley\u2019s legal fees are currently being covered by the municipality. An accurate figure as to how much the ordeal has cost the Town was not available at press time.<\/p>\n<p>Finley is being represented by Toronto lawyer Jonathan. A. Shime of Cooper, Sandler, Shime and Bergman LLP.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3357\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC0010rtlo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3357\" class=\"wp-image-3357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/DSC0010rtlo-e1451846069441.jpeg\" alt=\"Blackbird boat\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This antique style boat was manufactured by the company, which named the municipality in a civil lawsuit in 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ratings] The Town of Huntsville&#8217;s former Economic Development Officer, John Finley, appeared in Bracebridge court on September 8. 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