Shores City Manager to Receive 6 Months Severance

The comes with a six-month severance, according to the addendum council recently unanimously approved but did not immediately release.

The exact amount of the severance is not known but is outlined in Vick's original contract, of which Patch was not given a copy. Mayor Ted Kedzierski said Thursday the severance is for six months. He could not recall the exact amount during the interview but said it followed the original contract agreement the city had agreed to with Vick. 

In addition to allowing Vick to receive severance pay, the addendum states the Shores will not dispute any unemployment claims Vick files and prevents Vick from filing any lawsuit claiming unlawful discrmination or termination. 

The addendum also requires that neither party--Shores municipal officials and Vick--"to make defamatory remarks regarding one another."

Vick will also continue to be covered under the city's liability insurance for six more years for action he performed while employed by the Shores. The addendum also requires Vick to provide the city with relevant information about ongoing issues that he had been handling up to this point and be able to be called upon should officials need other information in the future.

Kedzierski said the addendum was the result of the council asking Vick to resign and his agreement to do so. Kedzierski said he did not feel comfortable releasing the addendum as soon as the council approved it at their last meeting becuase there was a clause giving Vick seven days to change his mind. Kedzierski said it would have been premature to release it before the seven days were up.

He declined to say what specific considerations went into the council's discussion about asking Vick to leave.

Some residents have been asking the new council to fire Vick since the November election, when news of surfaced to the public.

While council members had been made aware of tolling agreement Vick entered into with the private club, the public only learned of it before the November elections. Despite being informed about the tolling agreement, Vick was heavily criticized by residents and Dan Schulte----for entering such an agreement without getting council's seal of approval first.

Vick had consulted the Shores city attorney Mark McInerney about the situation, who advised him to enter the tolling agreement, which essentially put a stop to the statute of limiations clock to preserve the rights of the Yacht Club to sue so officials from both sides could investigate the water billing discrepancy. 

Both Vick and McInenery defended their actions during one council meeting. Vick in particular, explained that he always acted with the best of intentions for the city and urged those who were critical to review the documention from the beginning to the most recent to see his intentions were good.

Today is Vick's last day in the office and his resignation is technically effective Saturday March 3.