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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBrymer Threatens Lawsuit13rymer Brymer BRYMER'S DEMANDS Ousted College Station City Man- A.-_--- _ _ ager Tom Brymer is threatening a From lawsuit if the City Council does not: reatens pity Council t' determine ■ Declare t actions illegal. whether Brymers firing was i Reinstate stato Bryrrier or allow handled legall y, according to him to resign. the Texas Open Meetings Act. ■ If reinstated, give reimburse- If reinstated, Brymer is ask- meat for back pay, benefits and ing that his personnel record be legal fees. awsul corrected to reflect he was not ■ If allowed to resign, provide a terminated. He also is request- written apology, corrected person- ing reimbursement for back nel record, 1.2 months' severance pay, benefits and legal fees. benefits and reimbursement for Ousted city manager tolresign, the former city rman legal fees, ager is asking for a written not giving Tom Brymer the outlines his demands apology, 12 months of sever- opportunity to address the ante benefits and reimburse- council with the reasons that By APRIL AVISON ment of legal fees. the council was concerned Eagle Staff Writer Brymer received a severance about his performance and the package that included six reasons they wanted him ter- Ousted College Station city manager Tom months' pay from his $145,814 minated. Brymer charged Tuesday that he was fired ille- annual salary. "I think that is not a proper gally and threatened to sue the city and each of If the council does not agree way of handling an evaluation. the four council members that voted for his ter- to either of the two options out- I don't think that was right." mination if they don't reverse course. lined in Rife's letter, the attor- Silvia said he could not com- The City Council will ney said he will file a lawsuit ment further, citing the pend- discuss , Wednesday- on Brymer's behalf against the ing litigation. how it will respond to IF YOU GO city and the four members of - Brymer, whose attor- The College- Station the council - Nancy Berry, ney outlined his posi- City Council meets at 'J Ron Gay, John Happ and Chris tion in a letter sent to 2:15 p rn Wednesdav Scotti - who voted for his ter- the city. initiation. The council voted 4-3 at City Fiala. 1101 Texas The City Council already had 'to terminate Brymer Ave, Meetings are broad- a meeting scheduled for 12:15 following a closed ses cast live on Channel ;t9. p.m. Wednesday, but discus- sion that ended in the sion on the "threat of litigation" early hours of Friday morning. The posted has been added to the agenda as meeting agenda did not indicate that the coun- an emergency supplement cil would be discussing the city manager's because Brymer has requested employment. a response by Friday. Wayne Rife, Brymer's attorney, sent a letter College Station Mayor Ron Tuesday to City Attorney Harvey Cargill stating Silvia joined council members that a lawsuit will be filed if the council does not Susan Lancaster and Ben White meet certain demands by 5 p.m. Friday. The let- in voting against Brymer's ter- ter also was distributed to each council member. mination. Silvia said the coun- Rife states in the letter that Brymer was cil plans to address the letter in "completely blind sided with the news that [the executive session and "see what council] had deliberated the matter in closed we want to do." session and that he had been fired." "Seeing as how Tom Brymer declined comment Tuesday, defer- Brymer's termination was han- ring fo Rife. dled, there are some concerns According to the letter, Brymer is asking that that we have as a council," Sil- the council declare its action was illegal and via said. "I'm concerned about either reinstate him as city manager or allow him to resign. The Brazos County District Attorney's Office is reviewing the actions of the Councilman Gay initiat( the discussion at the meetir fast week about Brymer employment. He said in a interview with The Eagle c Monday that he chose broach the subject because tl mayor has insisted that perso nel issues be discussed in tl presence of the full council, ai "we were reaching a period time where it's going to be dif cult over the next several me( ings to have all seven count members present." The four council membe who voted for the ouster hw declined to give specific re sons for the termination. B Gay said it has to do with "lea ership and goals and visior while Happ called it a "dill( ence in philosophy." Gay confirmed Tuesday th he received the letter from Ri but declined to comment. "It's a threat," he said. don't have any reaction to it.' ■ April Avison's e-mail address apri I . avi son@theeagle. com.