May 6, 2019, Anchor Team Report
An NBC10 Boston report that aired April 30 on the 11 p.m. news ("Tip Leads to Investigation of Hingham Town Employees Possibly Double-Dipping") alleged that the town engineer and a member of his staff reported overlapping hours to the Quincy Department of Public Works for work they did at a construction site in Quincy and on their Town of Hingham timecards on one or more occasions. The work was allegedly done through the town engineer's private company, BRL Construction.
Roger Fernandes has been employed as Hingham's town engineer for about 15 years, and Asst. Town Engineer Harry Sylvester has worked for the town for more than 40 years. When contacted by the Hingham Anchor, Town Adminstrator Tom Mayo said he could not comment on the status of either's employment with the town at this time.
"We've started an investigation and will have no comment until the investigation ends, which should take about three to four weeks," he said.
When asked about the status of planned construction projects around town that the Engineering Department is involved with, Mayo had this to say: "We're working on a plan and hope to move forward with the existing schedule."
The Anchor received an anonymous report via US mail which has been handed over to Town Officials as part of their ongoing investigation.