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Riviera Beach council debates city manager’s use of severance agreements, motion to require notice dies
Summary
Councilmember Bruce Guyton pressed for transparency after staff distributed five separation agreements without prior council review; a motion to require the city manager to advise council on all severance agreements failed for lack of a second. Staff agreed to draft employment letters and a severance policy for directors.
Councilmember Bruce Guyton raised concerns on Aug. 6 about five separation agreements the city manager had signed without prior notice to the Riviera Beach City Council, saying the use of public funds and the lack of advance disclosure risked exposing the city.
Guyton said he learned of the packages by “happenstance” and that, with 30 years in government, he did not recall separations handled in that manner. He apologized for his behavior at an earlier meeting, but said his concern about process remained: “Anything that's dealing with public funds,…
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