Calgary mayor’s former chief of staff paid $100K after dismissal

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek’s former chief of workers, Stephen Carter, was paid roughly $100,000 in severance when he was dismissed in February. 

Carter confirmed the severance determine.

He was employed in October after serving to Gondek win the election however was dismissed lower than 4 months later. 

“I didn’t ask to be fired, nor was any purpose offered,” Carter stated in a press release. “In our employment system, when an worker is dismissed with out trigger, a severance fee is made to make sure no litigation ensues.”

No less than three metropolis councillors and a supervisor with the Metropolis of Calgary had filed complaints about Carter’s behaviour for violating town’s respectful office coverage.

An exterior agency was employed by town to analyze the complaints. 

Coun. Sonya Sharp instructed CBC Information she was knowledgeable her grievance about being bullied by Carter was discovered to be legitimate by the investigator.

A metropolis official had instructed CBC Information in February that Carter wouldn’t be paid a severance. 

Nevertheless, Carter stated on Wednesday he thinks he was paid severance so he would not speak about his dismissal.

“My severance, for my part, was granted for 2 causes: to make sure I used to be not vocal in regards to the unjust nature of my dismissal and to keep away from embarrassing litigation,” he stated.

“Having stated that, the severance was not conditional on forgoing litigation. If [aspersions] about me and my character proceed, I could also be pushed in the direction of motion within the courts.”

CBC Information requested the mayor’s workplace for a touch upon the severance.

A spokesperson stated the matter is a personnel problem and the mayor is not going to be commenting on it.