About 4 pm Thursday 6-24-10, a vote of the Paris selectboard was taken that affirmed a negotiated resolution of the lawsuit brought by former town manager Sharon Jackson against the Town of Paris. The results of that vote will be reflected in the minutes of the public part of the selectboard's meeting.
The vote was taken as the board came out of the executive session begun at 8 AM Thursday, and was recessed for the 5 selectboard members to meet in Lewiston at the office of Atty. Peter J. DeTroy, of the firm Norman, Hanson, & DeTroy, mediator, to address the lawsuit.
After about 6 hours of mediation, the sum agreed on was $32,502.76 - the amount, based on the terms of Jackson's contract, that would have been due to her in back pay and severance, if the calculation is done from 10-08-09, the date when the original termination (6-22-09) was "ratified."
Calculating the amount from this date would suggest that the October date of "ratification" for the original firing, rather than the date of the original firing itself, was the correct and accepted vote to establish the termination.
The wording of the memorandum indicates that there will need to be "necessary authorization by the legislative body of the Town of Paris," and that will likely happen soon in the form of a special town meeting.
