Sue Skiffington-Blumberg, who was asked to resign Tuesday as manager of public communications, will receive four months of severance pay valued at about $38,800, acting City Manager Steve Cox said today.
“I think 10 years of service warrants that kind of loyalty from the employer,” Cox said.
Under city policy, Cox could have given Skiffington-Blumberg up to six months of severance pay, he said.
Skiffington-Blumberg was paid $116,359 a year.
Cox said he made the decision to ask Skiffington-Blumberg to resign, but he declined to go into specifics.
“In this situation, we just needed to make a change, and the timing of it was such that it just happened to be a week before the mayor (Steve Bach) took over, but I wouldn’t read a lot into it,” he said. “It’s just the normal course of business.”
Cox called Skiffington-Blumberg a “professional” who brought a lot of experience to the job.
“She’s a good person,” he said. “At the end of the day, it won’t matter to any of us what we did for a living. People remember us whether we’re good people or not. She’s a good person.”
And City employees don’t get paid enough??
Fair enough. Case closed. Turn the page. Let’s move on.
BS. When you quit you should not get a penny. She did enough damage.
So glad to read she’ll be getting something, at least. Best wishes and kind regards, Sue!
Sounds more like she was riffed (Reduction in Force) – severance packages are given otherwise. Worth it to the city to move forward with a different direction with Public Relations.
Do We the People get 4 months pay when we resign? 4 months of tax payer money…the same tax payers that she tried to lay a guilt trip on for not giving the OK to give them more of our money.
What a joke.
4 months severance worth almost $40K, then she will get to draw unemployment if her position was cut due to a reduction in force (RIF).
Ridiculous.
Why are the government workers parachutes always golden?
She gave 10 years of loyal service and then suddenly she’s out of a job with no warning, I think she deserves the severance pay, Steve.
@Steve – I imagine that resigning as a taxpayer would land you in jail. But if you want a job that pays a severance whent hey let you go, you’ll just have to go out and find one. There is nothing out of the ordinary or unwarranted with her severance package.
EEk. a “manager of public communications” makes that extraordinary amount? I hope our new mayor takes charge to eliminate this useless position. I cannot fathom ANYONE being fired and then expecting nearly 40 thousand dollars.
IT IS ONLY MONEY$$$$$$$$$$$ what the Heck?
I would say that Cox was being a bit disingenuous to say Skiffington-Blumberg was a “good person” and a “professional” after asking for her resignation. He should have told the truth. It is not the “normal course of business.”
That’s more than low level employees make in a year!
Funny how those that don’t have a severance package as part of their contract complain about those that do. I would bet a dime for a doughnut that if those that are complaining had a severance package they would keep their mouths closed and not turn it down. Also strange how no one is sees the beginning of a trend here. Funny how the new Mayor says he has nothing to do with her forced resignation or that of the CEO of the EDC. Sure he did. There is nothing wrong with it. What’s wrong is to not admit it.
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