Family Service decides to go ‘different direction’

Adriane Scherrer, a board member, said Maxwell and Family Service “separated” Friday, April 10, because the board wanted to go “a different direction.”

When asked to elaborate Monday, April 13, Scherrer said the decision was “too complicated” to explain.

“Let’s leave it at that,” she said.

Scherrer said Barb Klie, assistant director, also was fired.

Scherrer, chairman of the board’s personnel committee, said she will serve as interim director because of her human resources and social work experience until a replacement is hired.

When contacted Monday, Maxwell said the board’s decision had nothing to do with “mismanagement” of funds and Family Service recently passed an audit. And since 2003 annual revenues for Family Services jumped from $227,056 to $1.02 million this past fiscal year, according to agency’s tax filings.