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Residents ask council to delay any termination of city manager, cite contract and severance estimate
Summary
Multiple speakers asked the council to postpone any decision to terminate the city manager until performance evaluations and documentation are publicly reviewed; a public commenter cited the employment agreement and estimated a $131,790 severance if terminated without cause.
Several residents urged the council to postpone any action to terminate the city manager until the public has had the chance to review evaluations and documentation. Kara Hennick (3131 Victory Palm Drive) asked the council to "postpone their vote to terminate the city manager until they can fully hear and process the questions and concerns the citizens of Edgewater tonight," and cited the city's employment agreement provisions governing termination and severance.
Hennick and others highlighted contract sections they said define termination for cause and termination without cause and cited an estimated payout if terminated without cause: "the city would pay Glen Irby a total severance payout of $131,790 to terminate without cause," she said. Other speakers urged a different approach: some council members and residents proposed creating or funding an assistant city manager post to add boots-on-the-ground capacity rather than moving immediately to replace the manager.
