Public works manager pleads guilty to DUI

Friday, June 12, 2009
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mr. Barley was stopped on Oct. 12 after leaving a city outing at Butler's LakeVue North Golf Course. The city paid the club $3,060 -- enough for 60 people, including food and beer, based on prices on the course Web site.

The outing was part of the Personnel Department's CityFit Wellness at Work Program, a push to encourage healthy behavior by the city's 3,325 workers.

After Mr. Barley left, though, police got reports of a Jeep Cherokee "all over the road" on Route 8, and pulled him over. According to the police report, he confirmed that he had been drinking at a golf outing, and tests found an 0.184 blood alcohol content, more than twice the legal limit.

At his trial on Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to DUI. He was sentenced to 60 days of house arrest, including 72 hours wearing an electronic monitoring device. He can work, but not drive.

Told by a reporter of Mr. Barley's guilty plea on Wednesday, Mr. Costa said it was "news to me."

"He's the one who checks the driver's licenses" of employees to determine if any are driving with a suspended license, he added.


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