CivicGuardResources / Official Wellbeing Desk / WD-1199
Objection to executive wellness review
Office of Mayor Phil Hollins · City of Lakeside · Received August 28, 2026
Resolved · Side salad recommendedSender enrolled · Executive WellnessOriginal correspondence
Received by the Official Wellbeing Desk on August 28, 2026. Released by the Independent Integrity Board. The sender's request to keep this letter private was attached to the record.
August 28, 2026
Dear CivicGuard,
The mayor's office was surprised to find the mayor's lunch habits featured on your public website under the heading 'Executive wellness.'
The mayor welcomes transparency in how city vehicles are used. He does not welcome a running count of his visits to a local business, a reference to a private medical concern, or a joke about a side salad. These are not accountability issues. They are personal ones.
We ask that the case study be taken down and that restaurant stops be excluded from the executive vehicle's reports going forward. The mayor continues to support the program and asks that his movements remain confidential.
Regards,
Communications Director, Office of the Mayor
Camera evidence
Stills exported from CivicOS for this review. Tap an image to open it full size. Faces and other people's plates are not obscured, because the record has to stay complete.
Our response
Sent August 31, 2026. Appended to the public record without alteration.
August 31, 2026
Dear Ms. Dunn,
Thank you for writing, and please tell the mayor we're sorry if the case study made him feel singled out. That's never the goal. The goal is that everybody feels cared about.
We can't take the case study down, because the independent board decides what goes in the public record. But we've done something we think is better. We sat down with the municipal wellness coordinator and worked out a more supportive approach to the mayor's lunches.
As of last week, the reader at the drive-thru lane on Route 9 is connected to a small message sign by the menu board. When the executive vehicle pulls in, the sign says, 'Hi Mayor. Side salad?' It's friendly and it's low pressure. It's also just for him, since no other plate triggers it.
As for keeping his movements confidential, we've heard this from the mayor a few times now and we've noted it each time.
Warmly,
Lead, Official Wellbeing Desk
cc: Independent Integrity Board · Attachments: camera evidence (2), enrollment confirmation
Actions taken
- The wellness coordinator was brought into the mayor's case as a partner.
- A message sign was connected to the Route 9 drive-thru reader.
- The mayor's request for confidentiality was recorded verbatim, for the fourth time.
Enrollment confirmation
Issued with the response. Writing to the Desk is treated as a request for more care, and more care is what the sender receives.
Dear Mayor Hollins,
Thanks again for reaching out. Based on your concern, your enrollment has been updated as follows:
- Mayor Hollins remains enrolled at the Executive Wellness tier.
- The Route 9 drive-thru lane has been added to his routine profile.
- His communications director has been enrolled as an interested party for having read the case study.
You don't need to do anything. Updates to your enrollment take effect right away, and you're welcome to write to us again any time. Each concern helps us understand where you feel least safe.
Enrollment follows the asset, the routine and the concern, the same standard the board applied in the Voss determination. Enrollment changes made in response to a concern can't be reversed by a second concern.