Coburg settles wrongful firing lawsuit.Byline: The Register-Guard COBURG - The city will pay former city recorder Peggy de Montmorency $20,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging that she was wrongfully wrong·ful adj. 1. Wrong; unjust: wrongful criticism. 2. Unlawful: wrongful death. fired in 2004 amid the discovery of a $450,000 shortfall in the city's $1.7 million general fund budget. City officials found no evidence that public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public were misspent mis·spend tr.v. mis·spent , mis·spend·ing, mis·spends To spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth. . They eventually attributed the shortfall to a math error in the 2003-04 budget, in which a deficit from 2002-03 was added to rather than subtracted from resources for the next year. They never affixed af·fix tr.v. af·fixed, af·fix·ing, af·fix·es 1. To secure to something; attach: affix a label to a package. 2. blame for the error, which occurred under former police chief/city administrator Mike Hudson Michael "Mike" Hudson (Born February 6, 1967 in Guelph, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre. Career Mike Hudson grew up playing hockey in his hometown of Guelph, Ontario before advancing to Major Junior Hockey with the Hamilton Steelhawks and . Coburg drew statewide criticism under Hudson for generating up to $750,000 of its annual revenue from aggressive ticketing of speeding drivers on nearby Interstate 5. He resigned in late 2004, in a deal that included $120,000 in severance pay Severance Pay Compensation that an employer gives to someone who is about to lose their job. Notes: Severance pay is not always paid to employees. It depends on the situation in which the employee is losing their job and whether legislation requires severance to be paid. . De Montmorency had sought $1.2 million, charging that she was fired from her $52,000 post in violation of her contract. De Montmorency also charged that her firing was part of an effort to silence city employees critical of the freeway ticketing policy. The agreement, signed Monday, also prohibits Coburg officials from giving de Montmorency a negative employment reference if contacted by prospective employers. The city is still recovering from that budget shortfall, which resulted in city layoffs and program cuts. |
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