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Wilsonville council approves city manager employment agreement, rejects 180‑day job‑protection clause
Summary
After a two‑hour discussion, the Wilsonville City Council voted down a candidate-requested clause that would have limited termination within 180 days of seating a new council member and approved the employment agreement without that subsection; the approved draft will be sent to the candidate, Gina, for her consideration.
Wilsonville’s City Council approved a new employment agreement for its incoming city manager on March 12 but rejected a clause that would have made it harder to terminate the manager within 180 days of seating a newly elected council member.
The council voted down the option containing the 180‑day protection subsection and then approved the alternative agreement without that paragraph. Council President Barry presided over the special meeting that included a presentation from consultant Richard Meyers, who summarized two nearly identical contract drafts that differ only by the election‑protection subsection.
Meyers told the council the candidate, Gina, had requested a first term running April 1 through Sept. 30 to align contract timing with elections and had sought provisions to promote stability. “She’s…
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