Parking Authority Commissioner William Jenkins announced Wednesday he intends to ask fellow board members to join him in requesting that Executive Director Anthony Scarduzio resign.

"Every few days there are fresh allegations of improprieties by the executive director of the Parking Authority," Jenkins wrote in a news release issued Wednesday afternoon. "Mr. Scarduzio's responses have been less than satisfactory."

Scarduzio did not return repeated phone messages seeking comment Wednesday.

The authority has been under scrutiny since at least November, when the state Attorney General's Office issued a sweeping subpoena requiring the agency to hand over thousands of documents dating back to 1995. The subpoena came less than a week after two former employees sued the agency, claiming they suffered retaliation for blowing the whistle on what they allege is illegal activity within the organization.

More recently, the Courier-Post reported that Scarduzio, now under scrutiny, filed amended financial disclosure forms last week that revealed he worked in 1999 for PaeTec Communications Inc. The New York-based firm provides long- distance phone service to the Parking Authority, Camden City and some vendors that do business with the authority. The disclosure forms also indicated that Scarduzio received gifts from at least two companies that do business with the authority.

The newspaper also found that Scarduzio awarded his good friend Dominic Leone a contract to park cars during Opsail 2000, the largest event on the Camden Waterfront in recent years. Meanwhile, two major parking companies said they never had a chance to bid on the work, but Scarduzio insists he solicited bids from them.

In his news release, Jenkins said he is concerned that the allegations against Scarduzio will reflect poorly on the authority's "hard-working, dedicated" employees. He indicated he will ask fellow commissioners to request Scarduzio's resignation at their next meeting, slated for March 9.

"I think it's the right thing to do," Jenkins said in an interview Wednesday evening. "I don't feel I will get any support."

Indeed, Jenkins has historically been the minority on the five-member commission, which is appointed by City Council. The other members are Ismael Hilerio, Linda Jones, Carmen Otero and Thomas Buckingham.

"I would have to sit down with all the commissioners before I make a decision like that," Buckingham said.

Hilerio could not be reached for comment. Jones and Otero did not return phone messages.

Jenkins is one of two individuals who pushed for the state takeover of the Parking Authority in 1994. The other takeover advocate was former Commissioner Pete McHugh. McHugh said Wednesday that he is backing Jenkins.

"The Parking Authority can't afford another black eye," McHugh said.