North Myrtle Beach taxpayer monies will be used to avoid a grievance hearing. Is this a form of tax funded “hush money?”
The North Myrtle Beach City Council has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow to potentially authorize the mayor to make a payment of nearly $320,000 to former North Myrtle Beach City Manager Mike Mahaney.
Why would City of North Myrtle Beach pay more than the outgoing City Manager’s contract entitles him to in a settlement where he has agreed to withdraw his request for a public grievance hearing? Several business leaders say the answer is likely obvious. It’s “hush money” they say.
Grievance Hearing
The amount of $126,505 has been allocated to prevent a public grievance hearing, which was specifically requested by Mahaney.
The resolution reads: The City of North Myrtle Beach desires to provide City Manager Mike Mahaney with additional valuable consideration in exchange for City Manager Mike Mahaney’s execution of a general release and waiver which is intended to bring finality to the conclusion of the employment relationship between the City of North Myrtle Beach and City Manager Mike Mahaney.
City Council for the City of North Myrtle Beach wishes to fulfill and will fulfill the terms of City Manager Mike Mahaney’s employment agreement by ratifying those terms and by authorizing the payment of the gross amount of One Hundred and Ninety-Three Thousand andThree Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and NO/100 ($193,379.00), less required withholdings,to City Manager Mike Mahaney.
City Council for the City of North Myrtle Beach, as additional and valuable consideration,wishes to provide and will provide to City Manager Mike Mahaney an additional payment of the gross amount of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Five Hundred and Five Dollars and NO/100 ($126,505.00), less required withholdings, in exchange for City Manager MikeMahaney’s execution of a general release and waiver agreement.
Mahaney’s previous behaviors have led numerous residents to perceive the City Manager as politically unstable. Only a minority of North Myrtle Beach staff express a desire to experience the chaos that would accompany a grievance hearing.
Should the residents be permitted a grievance hearing when taxpayer funds are being utilized? Mahaney will likely be required to sign a non disclosure agreement as well.
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