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MEMORANDUM

TO: File (2002-055)FROM: T. Michael DillonSUBJECT: H. Brent Coles;

Gary Lyman;Fa ise S ta temen ts ;Misuse of Public Funds;DATE: 119/03

The attached is a transcript of an interview conducted by T. Michael Dillon with JanetB ron son , on 12/30/02.

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MD: Do you recall that that rendition you just gave me, was that pretty close to what

Interview Of: Janet Bronson~Conducted By: T. Michael O ilDate of Interview: December , 2002Case No.: 2002-055Transcribed By: Marilyn FreemanRevised By: T. Michael DillonPage 1 of 7MD: Mike DillonJB: Janet Bronson

MD: The time is 1:50. The date is December so". '02. I'm in the conference room ofthe Boise Human Resources Department with Jan Bronson, B-R-O-N-S-O-N.Jan is the comptroller for the City of Boise. Jan. how you doing today?

JB: Good.MD: Hey, let's go back to oh, a day or so before, or at least a time immediately before

the November 19th , 2002 city council meeting and executive session. Do you remember that, approximately?

JB: Yeah. I, I think so. Um ...MD: Well, sometime before that executive session on the 19th, did you receive a

phone call from Mayor Coles?JB: Yes, I did.MD: And what was Mayor Coles calling you about?JB: He said that someone from the U.S. Conference of Mayors had called him and

said that someone in the Boise City Accounting Department had called them andwas asking about a $580 invoice. And he asked me if there was something that Iwas looking for or that I needed.

I the mayor said?

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JB: I think so. You know, my memory's not the best anymore."MD: Right.JB: ... But it, it's pretty close.MD: Do you recall him referring to it as a $580 invoice?JB: I'm not sure about that. I knew what he was talking about because Mike

Wetherell had calted me just minutes before and was talking about that. So I'mnot sure if he, if he spoke about that invoice specifically or whether I jumped tothat conclusion, knowing that that was the connection with the U.S. Conferenceof Mayors. That would have been the only thing that Mike ... Well, Mike told mehe had called about that invoice so ... I can't remember jf the mayor said that ornot.

MD: Did the mayor refer to it as the U.S. Conference of Mayors' invoice?JB: He referred to it ... Let me see ... He said ... Someone from there had called and

asked ... I think he must have referred to, you know, because we were, he wastalking about you know why we had called about that ...

MD: That invoice.JB: ... That invoice. And that would have been the only thing that ...MD: Did he ask you aboutthe invoice?JB: No. J don't believe so. Um ...MD: Did he indicate to you ...

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JB: I don't believe he, he asked about it.MD: Did he indicate to you that the invoice had to do with Broadway theater tickets?JB: Oh, no. No, no.MD: Can you talk ... Move in a little closer to that.JB: Oh, sorry. No, no. He, he didn't ... He didn't say anything. When he asked me,

when he said that, I said no, Mayor, no one from here, you know, in mydepartment, called the U.S. Conference of Mayors. But I believe that, thatCouncilman Wetherell did. And he said okay. Well, then I guess I need to talk toMike. And that was the end of the conversation.

MD: Did you uh refer to it? Did you uh ... When you responded to the, the mayor, didyou refer to it as the $580 invoice?

JB: I can't recall. I really can't. I know that's what we were talking about, but I can'trecall if either one of us specifically said the 580 ... You know it was so ... It wasso in my mind because Mike had just called and that's what he was talking about.He was ._. He was telling me that there was something wrong with that wholething, and that they had said it wasn't their's. Urn, I ... It doesn't matter what Ilater thought he meant by that. Urn he said he ... That he had got and that'swhat I talked to Mike about. So when the mayor called, I mean my mind justwent there, but I don't know if either one of us actually ~aid ...

MD: $580.

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JB: Yeah. I, I just don't know.MD: Did you ever have a, a conversation with Gary Lyman about this?JB: [short pause] I can't remember having a conversation with Gary about it. Urn, I

had called Gary the week before, as I normally did when Mike questioned itemsso he would be aware of, of what they were, urn and told him that Mike had, wasvery interested in the uh ... in the plane tickets, that you know he was veryconcerned.

MD: The plane tickets to ...JB: To Rochester.MD: '" To Rochester.JB: Because they were so much money. So I did communicate that to him, but as I

said, that was probably a week before. And in my conversation with the mayor, Idid mention that to the mayor, that, that Gary was aware of the fact that Mike wasquestioning that trip, had questions about that trip.

MD: Okay.JB: But ...MD: Did you ever have any conversation with the mayor about that invoice, that $580

invoice, other than the one we just talked about?JB: I don't believe I did. I know somebody asked me if it had been sent. And I said

yes, it had been because the mayor's office had requested an early release on

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MD: But the mayor ... you recall the mayor called you ...JB: Mm hmm.

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that. They said it was okay to mail it, but they had asked for an early release,and they all go across my desk. So I remember saying yeah, it was okay to sendit. But uh ... And I remember saying that to somebody that it had been sent. ButI can't ... It could have been Councilman Wetherell. I just can't remember ...

MD: Sure.JB: ... All of a sudden there was so many people. But I don't think I ever talked to

Gary uh about that. You know, once that happened I don't know that I evertalked to him again. And urn ...

MD: And it was before November 19thJB: Yeah, and it was, it was really right before. I mean I remembered thinking should

I answer this or not. And ... because it was at 4, and that's usually when I gohome, and sometimes that's not a good thing. [laughs]

MD: Could it have been the day of?JB: Oh, it was the day.MD: Oh, it was on the 19th?JB: Yeah. I can'ttell you ...MD: That was the day?JB: I can't tell you the date .

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MD: Okay. That was ...JB: But I can tell you right before the council meeting that the whole thing got brought

up. He called me and it was right before and Imean I had the impression he wasjust going to go and talk to Mike then, you know, as soon as he saw him.

MD: Okay. And he wanted to know who was making inquiries with the Conference ofMayors regarding ...

JB: Well, it was funny because he said ... that's what ... Imean really caught me offbase. He said the U.S. Conference of Mayors said that the accountingdepartment had called. And you know we never had and it seemed really oddthat Mike would tell them he was the accounting department. You know, I don'tknow what [inaudible]. [laughs]

MD: Sure.JB: It just seemed ... But it really caught me off guard that somebody was saying that

we were calling when we weren't.MD: Did he ask you if you thought there was a problem with the invoice?JB: No. He didn't ask me that.MD: Did he say anything about the invoice?JB: I don't remember him saying anything about the invoice. Only that they called

and he was wondering if I had some kind of problem.MD: With the invoice?

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JB: I think with the invoice. It must have been the invoice.MD: Did you uh ...JB: Sorry, Mike. [laughs]MD: No, no. You're doing fine. Okay. All right. Well, that's ... I think solves that

problem.JB: Okay.MD: The time is 2:00. And our interview is over.[END OF TAPE]