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Palm Coast council approves city manager contract after lengthy debate on emergency pay and termination language
Summary
The City of Palm Coast unanimously approved an employment contract for a new city manager after council removed language limiting 'cause' terminations, agreed to tighten emergency-compensation wording, and added evaluation expectations amid public concern about compensation and severance.
The Palm Coast City Council unanimously approved an employment contract for the incoming city manager on Dec. 2 after extensive debate over emergency compensation, termination language and severance terms.
Council members spent much of the discussion refining compensation and accountability provisions. Several members said the contract’s clause that would pay 100% for hours worked during a “declared local state of emergency” needed clearer limits; one council…
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