By Katie Northcott, News Director
On Thursday, March 12, the City of Tullahoma provided Peterson Media Group with its settlement agreement with former City Administrator Jason Quick.
Quick resigned from his position on Feb. 26, just prior to a special called meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to discuss “employment matters regarding the office of City Administrator, including potential disciplinary action.”
On Feb. 27, Peterson Media Group filed two open records requests with the City of Tullahoma regarding the Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s (BOMA’s) decision to accept Quick’s resignation. In response to those requests, the city said that no documentation existed regarding the BOMA’s reasoning for calling the planned disciplinary hearing or for accepting Quick’s resignation. At the time the city said that the settlement agreement would shed light on the lack of documentation.
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City Recorder Lori Ashley sent the settlement agreement to Peterson Media Group in response to an open records request. The agreement is available for download below.
According to the agreement, Quick will drop his lawsuit against the city in which he alleged that the BOMA had violated his contract. He will also refrain from commenting on the reasons for his resignation and making any comments about the city.
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The city agreed to a $55,923.36 settlement payment. Severance pay constitutes $51,923.36 of the payment while the other $4,000 can be applied to Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) premium payments.
Like Quick, the city agreed to a non-disparagement clause. The city agreed to conduct an executive session where its independent counsel, obtained for fact-finding in the lawsuit filed by Quick, would orally present its findings. No documentation was allowed to be provided to the BOMA on a penalty of a $5,000 fine per violation.
The city further agreed that its counsel’s findings would not be presented publicly. No public disclosure of any of the allegations against Quick or the results of the investigation were to be made public.
The agreement specifies that the city admits no wrongdoing regarding Quick’s violation of contract allegations.
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