Mark Hehn

Hehn has been forced out twice from his positions at Berkeley County SC. First in 2005 when he was the Director of Water and Sanitation Authority at which time he agreed “not to apply for employment with the county in the future”1. The second time in 2017 as Manager of Capital Projects2 which was obtained by circumvention of the agreed upon employment restriction by being appointed rather than applying for the position3. In between, he received a vote of no confidence as Town Administrator from the town council of Moncks Corner, SC45. He is currently in active litigation against his former employer, Berkeley County, over his 2017 ouster where he is seeking compensation under a former employment agreement plus triple damages, attorney fees, costs, and interest for damages6. Berkeley County has taken the position that this employment agreement was invalid and unenforceable7. Hehn’s former supervisor has allegedly testified that the subject employment contract was invalid because it was not voted on and approved by the County Council

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A copy of the letter that was allegedly stolen has been deemed false.

A county investigation of a letter written more than 10 years ago has concluded that the document, which was allegedly stolen from county personnel files, is false and its release to the media more than a year ago was "intended to harm" the subject of that letter.

Supervisor Bill Peagler announced the investigation's findings during the Feb. 8 meeting of county council where he read a statement.

More than a year ago, media outlets received the letter concerning Marc Hehn, who was hired by the

Peagler administration.

"A false document regarding Mr. Hehn was taken out of a county file and provided to the press in

January of last year. The publication of this false document was intended to harm and embarrass Mr. Hehn," Peagler said in his statement. "The county regrets that this document containing false information was put in Mr. Hehn's personnel file without his knowledge and emailed to persons inferring it contained correct information."

But in an interview with the Independent, the man who signed the letter, Jim Rozier, said that if his signature is on it, then he wrote the letter.

The letter is dated July 8, 2005, and Rozier was county supervisor at the time. Hehn was the director of Water and Sanitation Authority.

In the letter, Rozier claims Hehn provided incorrect information that cost the county hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants.

'(l cannot trust a director who would knowingly send me a false document to sign," the letter states. "For these reasons, I am terminating your employment with Berkeley County Water and Sanitation

Authority effective immediately."

Hehn officially resigned from the position July 12, 2005. The Rozier letter then showed up in the inboxes of media outlets after Peagler hired him for a county position.

Hehn was originally hired as a deputy supervisor but now works as a special projects manager.

County politics blogger Don Bailey sent that document on to various media outlets in January 2015. Bailey told the Independent that an unknown person placed the letter on a seat in his car.

Bailey supported Supervisor Dan Davis in the 2014 election that brought then-Moncks Corner Mayor Peagler to the county's helm. Bailey did not post the letter on his blog but decided it was best to send on to the media, he said.

Bailey said he doubted the letter was a counterfeit or that the letter was "false."

"It's everything other than notarized. I'm not sure what's untrue about it," Bailey said.

Rozier said he didn't doubt the letter's validity either.

Published: Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 5:11 pm EDT

Updated: Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 5:25 pm EDT

By Harve Jacobs, Reporter CQNNECI

BERKELEY COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - A Charleston attorney believes there was no wrongdoing involved when Berkeley County's new supervisor appointed a former employee who was fired ten years ago.

New County Supervisor Bill Peagler just named Marc Hehn as deputy supervisor for general services. Hehn signed an agreement back in 2005 that he would never again apply for a job with the county.

Hehn was the Town of Moncks Corner's administrator for eight years while Peagler was mayor.

Attorney John Harrell, who does not work for the county, says according to the resignation agreement, Hehn was prohibited from applying for a job with Berkeley County, but can still serve if he is appointed to the job.

In Hehn's termination letter from 2005, then-supervisor Jim Rozier wrote that Hehn, as director of the county's Water and Sanitation Authority, intentionally gave incorrect information on a water project which could have cost the county about $500,000 in grants.

In the letter, Rozier wrote, "l cannot trust a director who would knowingly send me a false document to sign."

The termination agreement stated Hehn "agrees not to apply for employment with the county in the future."

Peagler defended his appointment of Hehn in a statement.

It says in part, "Mr. Hehn did not apply or seek employment with the county. I appointed him. With over 42 years of experience in public service, Mr. Hehn is a seasoned veteran and consummate professional in whom I have great confidence."

In his new job, Hehn is being paid more than $106,000 a year, records state.

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