Pavey testified that she was told by Kerry Steadman, human services director, that an employee would be put on her payroll, but the employee would report directly to the mayor. "I objected to that at the time," Pavey said. She says she repeatedly raised concerns about the position to Steadman because the employee wasn't supervised by her staff.

Defense attorneys asked Pavey whether she had broken any laws by not ensuring the employees were doing health-related tasks. "Bottom line, you didn't stop the train at that point?" asked attorney Jack Morgan Jr.

Pavey responded: "No, because this person was doing health work," as she understood the position.

David Marshall, chief administrative officer

Marshall, one of Workman's top appointees, testified that the mayor asked him to hire Alena Iorga as Workman's "eyes and ears" in the community and to get health-related information to and from the community. He said the mayor never mentioned the South Valley Boys and Girls Club, where Iorga and a successive employee actually worked.

Marshall conceded that he suggested paying the position out of restricted health funds because the mayor had wanted the employee to do health-related tasks. Marshall said he didn't know a successive employee was hired until the District Attorney's Office launched an inquiry. When he found out where the employees were really working, he said, he stopped the hiring of a third employee.

Defense attorneys quizzed Marshall on why he didn't raise concerns about the hires with the mayor and why he didn't follow up with the job. Marshall testified that, given what he knows now, he believes the position was illegal.

Aisza Wilde, Workman's daughter and club chief financial officer

Wilde testified that she told her mother during a car ride that she wanted to give a raise to a current club staffer and the mayor offered to hire someone to help the club. Wilde said that the mayor had just "discovered" that the county can "loan" employees to other agencies and "she wanted to loan me an employee."

Wilde said she never benefited from the hires and that she believed there was no conflict with her mother using county money to help the club.