-----Original Appointment-----
From: Wyrick, Dale
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 12:09 PM
To: Drew, Steve; Fischer, Adam; Wilson, Christian A (P&R); Simmons, Butch; Parrish,
David
Subject: Visit Gerbing Plant in Stoneville, NC
When: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US &
Canada).
Where: Stoneville, NC
Gents,
Wanted to see if you’d like to join me for a field trip to the Gerbing plant. This
is the company that makes heated outerwear that received an incentive from
Council last week for the relocation of their corporate HQ to downtown
Greensboro. TDBS gave their president/CEO (Tom Nolan) my name as a contact
for some potential employee uniform gear.
Join me if you can…
Dale
Why are Mike Simpson, Park Service Supervisor, Butch Simmons, Director of Engineering and Building Inspections, Steve Drew, Director of Water Resources, Adam Fisher, Transportation Department Director, Christan A Wilson (Parks & Recreation) David Parrish, Assistant City Manager and Dale Wyrick, Director of Field Operations all going to visit Gerbling's headquarters in Stoneville when none of their jobs have anything to do with economic development or the recruiting of new businesses to Greensboro? Okay, David Parish might have something to do with economic development but at the time Assistant City Manager Andrew Scott was in charge of economic development.
Gerbling's Order #207417 in the amount of $447.oo was processed to Dale Wyrick on August 22, 2013, consisting the following:
875166004076GLCHFLMBK-XL Each 1.00 $75.00 $75.00 X
Heated Gloves, Men's Fleece, Black, XL
875166000931HWCH Each 1.00 $50.00 $50.00 X
Core Handwarmer
875166005851VTCHSSMBK-XL Each 2.00 $71.00 $142.00 X
875166000948GLCHS2MB-M Pair 2.00 $90.00 $180.00 X
A second Order #207413 in the amount of $552.00 was processed to Dale Wyrick on August 22, 2013, consisting the following:
875166000962GLCHS2MB-XL Pair 2.00 $90.00 $180.00 X
COREHEAT SNOW-2 GLOVES, MENS BLACK-XLARGE
875166000955GLCHS2MB-L Pair 2.00 $90.00 $180.00 X
COREHEAT SNOW-2 GLOVES, MENS BLACK-LARGE
875166002232VTCHLN-S/M Each 1.00 $50.00 $50.00 X
Core Lite Vest, Unisex Small/Medium
875166005837VTCHSSMBK-2XL Each 2.00 $71.00 $142.00 X
Was it paid for by the City of Greensboro? Another e-mail from the batch:
From: Tom Nolan
To: Wyrick, Dale
Subject: Re:
Date: Friday, August 23, 2013 10:08:09 AM
Attachments: image001.png
Perfect! No worries. Have a great weekend!!
Thomas J. Nolan
President & CEO
Gerbing's, LLC
mobile: 336-613-6101
www.gerbing.com
From: "Wyrick, Dale"
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:07:15 -0400
To: Tom Nolan
Subject: RE:
I did, I just need to get with her with a procurement card number. The folks who are the keepers of
those are out of the office, so it may be Monday before I get to the order. I intend to call her later
today to confirm that plan.
Thanks for checking in!
Dale Wyrick, P.E.
City of Greensboro
Field Operations Director
(336) 373-2783
From: Tom Nolan [mailto:tom.nolan@gerbing.com]
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 10:05 AM
Does anyone know if Dale Wyrick owns a motorcycle? The next e-mail tells us that at least part of the order wasn't for Dale Wyrick:
"From: Simpson, Mike
To: Holsey, Darryl
Subject: RE: Heated Clothing
Date: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:40:11 PM
I’ll ask them Darryl and get back to you.
Thanks.
Mike Simpson, Specialized Park Services Supervisor
Parks & Recreation Department
City of Greensboro
316 East Florida Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
Phone: (336) 373-3812
From: Holsey, Darryl
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:14 AM
To: Simpson, Mike
Subject: Fwd: Heated Clothing
Hey Mike would you get Joe and Jr. sizes and forward to Dale Wyrick.
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Wilson, Christian A (P&R)"
Date: August 20, 2013, 8:08:43 AM EDT
To: "Caviness, Jenny", "Maxson, Dan" , "Holsey, Darryl"
gov>, "McCray, Nasha", "Richardson,
Marcie", "Walcutt, Wade"
Subject: Heated Clothing
Good morning,
Gerbing (http://gerbing.com/) is moving their headquarters to Greensboro! If you are
not familiar this is a clothing company that makes heated clothing so armed forces,
athletes, and workers can last longer in the elements of cold weather. As part of their
move they would like to do a pilot program with FOD and P&R to provide some clothes
at cost (only) to see if it assists our workers. We can only choose a couple and my first
thought was to look at our trash crew, Joe and Junior because they often have to spend
long hours walking through neighborhood parks to empty trash cans. I am open to
other suggestions though. Darryl, if you feel like that is a good choice or have another
idea please let me know. We will need the sizes for our workers and should get those
over to Dale Wyrick as he will be our contact with the company.
Thanks,
Chris Wilson, Director
Parks and Recreation Department
City of Greensboro
Phone: 336.373.3815 Fax: 336.373.2060
1001 Fourth Street, Greensboro, NC 27405"
So the clothing is legit. I'm happy to know that Dale isn't stealing from the City of Greensboro. But why was it necessary for Mike Simpson, Butch Simmons, Steve Drew, Adam Fisher, Christan A Wilson, David Parrish, Dale Wyrick and no telling how many more to travel to Stoneville at taxpayers' expense? And how many cars did they drive?
Of note, Adam Fisher declined the visit:
"From: Fischer, Adam
To: Wyrick, Dale
Subject: RE: Visit Gerbing Plant in Stoneville, NC
Date: Monday, August 12, 2013 8:52:55 AM
Thanks for the invite, but I need to catch-up on some things this week and will pass on this
tour.
Let me know if you all are going to pursue ordering uniforms with this technology?
Thanks - Adam
Adam Fischer, P.E.
Transportation Director
City of Greensboro
Phone: 336.373.4368; Fax: 336-412-6171
PO Box 3136, Greensboro, NC 27402-3136"
So did Steve Drew:
"From: Drew, Steve
To: Wyrick, Dale
Subject: Declined: Visit Gerbing Plant in Stoneville, NC
Dale,
Id like to go, but have back to back meetings that day - plus its my first day back. Ive been away all last week and have to be out all
day Monday due to death in the family. Let me know what you find out.
Steve"
David Parrish couldn't make it either:
"From: Keesee, Dena on behalf of Parrish, DavidIt's time the bar was raised in Greensboro beginning with those in management positions. Remember: there's a lot of young blood aiming for your cushy jobs and expense accounts. You're paid to work, not meet for lunch in Stoneville then tour the factory there. Yes, I read that one too.
To: Wyrick, Dale
Subject: Declined: Visit Gerbing Plant in Stoneville, NC
Start: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:00:00 AM
End: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:00:00 PM
Location: Stoneville, NC
David will be participating in the FELLOWS Program at UNC SOG all day. Thanks. (dk)
