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The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed criminal charges against the former head of the agency that oversees the Oakland Coliseum complex for allegedly violating conflict-of-interest laws by seeking a fee while negotiating the naming rights of the stadium.
Prosecutors filed one felony conflict of interest charge and one misdemeanor conflict of interest count against Scott McKibben, 66, of Pleasanton, on Nov. 27 for his alleged illegal activity between Nov. 1, 2018, and June 25, 2019. He’s scheduled to be arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court on Jan. 10.
McKibben, the former executive director of the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority, sought a $50,000 payment for helping negotiate a settlement for the Coliseum naming rights with RingCentral, according to a probable cause statement by district attorney inspector Thomas Cleary.
The coliseum authority’s board voted unanimously on May 31 to approve an agreement calling the stadium the Ring Central Coliseum.
Cleary wrote that McKibben was the Coliseum authority’s sole negotiator on the terms of the naming rights contract and the authority sought to renegotiate the contract after it learned of McKibben’s financial interest in the matter.
He said the naming rights deal is currently being renegotiated.
Cleary said that when McKibben was interviewed he admitted to requesting the $50,000 fee from RingCentral for negotiating the naming rights but said he thought the fee was justified.
Cleary wrote, “McKibben stated he believed that in his position as an Executive Director, he was a consultant and could seek outside work. McKibben considered the naming rights negotiations outside his role as Executive Director and viewed the fee as proper, below market rate, and not interfering with his negotiations” on behalf of the Coliseum authority.
RingCentral did not pay McKibben the fee after prosecutors notified them of the potential conflict of interest.
McKibben resigned from his post on Aug. 3.
According to Cleary, on Aug. 16, the Alameda County Counsel and the Oakland City Attorney’s Office became aware of possible violations of government codes and contacted the District Attorney’s Office, which then opened an investigation into the matter.
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Job Description:
“No pubic official at any level…shall make, participate in making in any way attempt to use his official position to influence a government decision in which he knows or has reason to know he has a financial interest”.
Its called “KICK BACK”!
Bye bye Scott McKibben!