David Byerman, Chester County’s former CEO, said his removal last week resulted from an administrative decision he made more than a year ago to let county staff use sports betting and fantasy sports websites, writes Brooke Schultz for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
After a little more than a year as the county’s chief administrative official, Byerman said Commissioner Josh Maxwell told him he had overstepped by approving an employee’s request to allow access to fantasy sports and regulated online gaming sites on the county Wi-Fi network. Byerman said that he made the decision after learning that website access had previously been determined by the commissioners.
Byerman argued that the creation of a CEO position and the shift from the traditional county administrator structure with two deputies expanded both his responsibilities and his authority.
This “was likely a situation where I felt I had the authority to make that decision,” he said.
He added that prior to this incident, he was given “very good” and “excellent” performance reviews, and called it “surprising and disappointing that they opted to move directly to remove me because of this infraction.”
Read more about David Byerman’s ouster from Chester County in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
