Dear Brooklyn Park Mayor and Council Members:
On Monday July 24th 2017, you agreed on a motion to accept the resignation agreement of our fire chief Ken Prilliman. His decision to resign was because of various incidents and actions of council member Mark Mata. The mayor and a council member have made a public request for council member Mark Mata to resign from the council effective immediately. As of now, council member Mark Mata has not resigned as suggested by the mayor and the council member.
Council member Mark Mata has brought a “culture of hostility” towards our fire chief and the whole department. He has a personal agenda and has not accepted to resign from his paid-on call position as a fireman even when this is ethically wrong. He has also used his position to bully staff and make frivolous allegations against staff and a council member. The recent resignation of the fire chief will cost the city approximately $120,000 as reported by the media.
Council member Mark Mata has a history of hostilities towards staff especially from the fire department. He was also involved in the resignation of the previous fire chief when he was a council member then. It has also recently come to the attention of the mayor that council member Mark Mata was looking at a way to deny the deputy fire chief from taking over as the new fire chief.
We the residents of Brooklyn Park are very concerned that council member Mark Mata’s behaviors and actions if not stopped, will cause irreparable damage to our city and thus effect our livability.
Council member Mark Mata has proven to be too expensive to let him make decisions or interact on our behalf.
We residents of Brooklyn Park are asking you as our council and mayor to vote and censure council member Mark Mata.
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Updates
July 31, 2017
I have been hearing from so many of you who are tired of this atmosphere and your stories have been eye opening. It is humbling to see how much this community cares about the well being of our fire department staff. None of this would be on anyone's radar if you had not decided to step up and speak.
July 31, 2017
I am honestly overwhelmed by the response to this movement because I never imagined so many people would join me in this effort. This is entirely a reflection of your commitment to our community and I am just the person who started the page. Thank you for showing that we are paying attention.
91 Comments
I live in the west district but I believe that Mr. MArk Mata has brought dysfunction to the city council, decreased morale with city staff, and a hostile work environment for all. This has brought our city to a place where getting the work of then council done has taken a back seat to his personal agenda and vindictive self-interest.
Mr Mata has had a continuous conflict of interest. He is. BP employee, under the management of the Fire Chief, BUT as a council member, he has direct influence on the actions of the Fire Chief. This has caused ongoing problems with past and current Fire Chiefs.
Mr Mata needs to be censured because his behavior has resulted in the resignation of one or more Fire Chiefs. His position is one of a conflict of interest when it involves the Fire Department as he is a paid volunteer and under the management/direction of the Fire Chief. I'm dismayed at all council members failed to censure him!!!
East. Mark needs to go! History of staff mistreatment, multiple poor performance reports as a firefighter (anyone really think he would risk himself to save you?), can't follow the rules (wore his firefighter gear in campaign material...a no no) and ran too great chiefs out of town...need I say more? He's pathetic!
City Council members need to leave personnel matters to the City Manager. Mark Mata should not have directly engaged with the Fire Chief much less harass him. He has made Brooklyn Park look bad twice. He needs to go. East District.
Remove mark mata!
Has to go. Conflicts with with FD too numerous. Does he want to be FDcheif? Costing BP too much money. Unprofessional. Why would we want to keep him. Needs to resign from FD also. He is embarrassing our city, we look like fools to keep him around.
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Dear Brooklyn Park Mayor and Council Members:
On Monday July 24th 2017, you agreed on a motion to accept the resignation agreement of our fire chief Ken Prilliman. His decision to resign was because of various incidents and actions of council member Mark Mata. The mayor and a council member have made a public request for council member Mark Mata to resign from the council effective immediately. As of now, council member Mark Mata has not resigned as suggested by the mayor and the council member.
Council member Mark Mata has brought a “culture of hostility” towards our fire chief and the whole department. He has a personal agenda and has not accepted to resign from his paid-on call position as a fireman even when this is ethically wrong. He has also used his position to bully staff and make frivolous allegations against staff and a council member. The recent resignation of the fire chief will cost the city approximately $120,000 as reported by the media.
Council member Mark Mata has a history of hostilities towards staff especially from the fire department. He was also involved in the resignation of the previous fire chief when he was a council member then. It has also recently come to the attention of the mayor that council member Mark Mata was looking at a way to deny the deputy fire chief from taking over as the new fire chief.
We the residents of Brooklyn Park are very concerned that council member Mark Mata’s behaviors and actions if not stopped, will cause irreparable damage to our city and thus effect our livability.
Council member Mark Mata has proven to be too expensive to let him make decisions or interact on our behalf.
We residents of Brooklyn Park are asking you as our council and mayor to vote and censure council member Mark Mata.
Hereby signed:
Please leave a comment with your district. E.g. West…and your comment.
Updates
July 31, 2017
I have been hearing from so many of you who are tired of this atmosphere and your stories have been eye opening. It is humbling to see how much this community cares about the well being of our fire department staff. None of this would be on anyone's radar if you had not decided to step up and speak.
July 31, 2017
I am honestly overwhelmed by the response to this movement because I never imagined so many people would join me in this effort. This is entirely a reflection of your commitment to our community and I am just the person who started the page. Thank you for showing that we are paying attention.
91 Comments
Brooklyn Park fire department and police saved my life when my husband call them for help. These two department deserve the support of BP. Please remove him ASAP.
I live in the west district but I believe that Mr. MArk Mata has brought dysfunction to the city council, decreased morale with city staff, and a hostile work environment for all. This has brought our city to a place where getting the work of then council done has taken a back seat to his personal agenda and vindictive self-interest.
Mr Mata has had a continuous conflict of interest. He is. BP employee, under the management of the Fire Chief, BUT as a council member, he has direct influence on the actions of the Fire Chief. This has caused ongoing problems with past and current Fire Chiefs.
Mr Mata needs to be censured because his behavior has resulted in the resignation of one or more Fire Chiefs. His position is one of a conflict of interest when it involves the Fire Department as he is a paid volunteer and under the management/direction of the Fire Chief. I'm dismayed at all council members failed to censure him!!!
East. Mark needs to go! History of staff mistreatment, multiple poor performance reports as a firefighter (anyone really think he would risk himself to save you?), can't follow the rules (wore his firefighter gear in campaign material...a no no) and ran too great chiefs out of town...need I say more? He's pathetic!
City Council members need to leave personnel matters to the City Manager. Mark Mata should not have directly engaged with the Fire Chief much less harass him. He has made Brooklyn Park look bad twice. He needs to go. East District.
Remove mark mata!
Has to go. Conflicts with with FD too numerous. Does he want to be FDcheif? Costing BP too much money. Unprofessional. Why would we want to keep him. Needs to resign from FD also. He is embarrassing our city, we look like fools to keep him around.
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Brooklyn Park fire department and police saved my life when my husband call them for help. These two department deserve the support of BP. Please remove him ASAP.