Council authorizes mayor to negotiate retirement agreement with Patrick Birch

After an executive session on personnel matters, the Maumee City Council authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Patrick Birch regarding his anticipated retirement from the city.

Council convened the executive session citing personnel, employment or compensation of a public employee or official. Following the closed session, Councilman Harris moved to "authorize the mayor to enter into an agreement with Patrick Birch as to his anticipated retirement from the city of Maumee and authorizing terms of an agreement which has been provided to the law director to be entered into with Patrick Birch." A second was recorded and the motion passed on a roll call vote.

The law director had the terms of the proposed agreement for review before the vote. Council did not read the financial or effective-date terms into the public record at the meeting. The motion as approved authorizes the mayor to finalize the agreement; the specific terms and effective dates were not specified during the open session after the executive session.

The council did not provide a timeline for publication of the final agreement or additional public disclosures at the meeting.