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Oct 29, 2009 3:35 pm US/Mountain

DIA's Chief Financial Officer Placed On Leave

Written by Brian Maass

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The Chief Financial Officer at Denver International Airport has been placed on investigatory leave after he says he refused to resign.

Stan Koniz, DIA's Deputy Manager of Aviation for finance and administration, tells CBS4, Kim Day, the Manager of Aviation, told him Tuesday that he had 24 hours to resign or be placed on leave. When he refused to quit, he was put on leave.

"I couldn't believe it. I was dumbstruck," Koniz said about being suddenly suspended.

Koniz has worked at the airport for 10 years and is one of the facilities' top managers. He says Day told him the action was being taken because of insubordination, a lack of collaboration, and that he had overstepped his authority. But Koniz believes he is being punished for telling Day her multi-million dollar plans for redesigning the airport did not make financial sense.

Koniz says after questioning the affordability of the DIA redesign, his relationship with Day "went downhill."

A spokesperson for Day told CBS4 Day and the airport would not discuss the Koniz situation since it's "a personnel matter." The spokesperson emphasized the Koniz matter was not criminal in nature.

Koniz said he had no previous disciplinary actions against him at DIA, always received positive work evaluations, and his employment record was "squeaky clean."

A spokesman for Mayor Hickenlooper referred CBS4's questions back to DIA.