Leslie City Council says employee's employment ended after executive session; employee asks time to retrieve belongings

The Leslie City Council announced in open session that an executive session had addressed an employee’s employment and that "your employment with the city ... has been terminated," a city staff member said at the meeting.

The terminated employee addressed the council and asked for time to remove personal belongings and arrange the return of city property. "What I ask is you can give me tomorrow to get all my stuff situated and get it out and give me a few days to give me a phone," the employee said.

Council members and staff discussed logistics for returning keys and collecting possessions. Staff told the employee they would take the keys and the employee and staff negotiated a brief timeline for pickup.

The meeting transcript records the termination as an outcome of the executive session but does not show a public motion or recorded vote on the termination. The council did not provide the employee's name or further personnel details in the public portion of the meeting.

The council did not announce any follow-up public action on personnel policy or an appeal process during the meeting. The record also does not specify whether the employee will receive any separation pay, a statement of reasons, or a timeline for final payroll and benefits.